---
id: CVE-2025-14979
title: >-
  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.
summary: >-
  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.
severity: high
cvss: 7.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-732
vendor: airvpn
product: eddie
affected:
  - eddie = 2.24.6
published: '2026-01-06'
updated: '2026-09-30'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-30T23:10:00.237'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-14979'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://airvpn.org/forums/topic/79305-eddie-desktop-edition-225-beta-released/
    label: help@fluidattacks.com
  - url: 'https://eddie.website/'
    label: help@fluidattacks.com
  - url: 'https://fluidattacks.com/advisories/blink182'
    label: help@fluidattacks.com
  - url: 'https://github.com/AirVPN/Eddie'
    label: help@fluidattacks.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00169
epssPercentile: 0.05603
ingestedAt: '2026-09-30T23:29:32.548Z'
---

## Overview

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

- `eddie = 2.24.6`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.