CVE-2025-14979 | BDVDB-2026-309241 Detail

AirVPNEddie

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.

Impact#

CAPEC-233 Privilege Escalation

Weaknesses#

CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References#

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12026-01-06Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22026-03-03Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.

Published

Published: 2026-01-06
Last modified: 2026-03-03

Vendor information

Vendor: AirVPN
Product: Eddie

All AirVPN vulnerabilities

Score

8.5 High

EPSS

less than 1%, Very Low

Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. EPSS percentile: 6.8.

KEV

Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Impact

Not classified

Action

No specific action is recorded in the source data. Check the references for vendor guidance.

Affected Systems

Vulnerable
2.24.6
Fixed
Not stated

Scoring System

CVSS v4.0

8.5 High

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

Metric breakdown
Attack Vector	Local
Attack Complexity	Low
Attack Requirements	None
Privileges Required	Low
User Interaction	None
Vulnerable System Confidentiality	High
Vulnerable System Integrity	High
Vulnerable System Availability	High
Subsequent System Confidentiality	None
Subsequent System Integrity	None
Subsequent System Availability	None

CVSS v3.1

Not available

CVSS v3.0

Not available

CVSS v2

Not available

Source: CVE List v5 (record); CISA KEV (kev, action); FIRST EPSS (epss).