CVE-2025-14979 HIGH

CVE-2025-14979: Eddie VPN 2.24.6 - Local Privilege Escalation

Vendor Airvpn
Product Eddie
Weakness CWE-732
Published January 6, 2026
Last update March 3, 2026
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CVSS base score

8.5/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality —
Integrity —

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

AirVPN Eddie on MacOS contains an insecure XPC service that allows local, unprivileged users to escalate their privileges to root.This issue affects Eddie: 2.24.6.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

January 6, 2026 CVE published
March 3, 2026 Record updated