Vulnerability · Published Jan 6, 2026 · Assigned by Fluid Attacks
CVE-2025-14979Eddie VPN 2.24.6 - Local Privilege Escalation
High 8.5
In plain English
A high-severity incorrect permission assignment in Eddie from AirVPN. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 7% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 4.0)8.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 93.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
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.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-732 · 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