VulnerabilityAnalyzed
CVE-2025-14979
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.
HIGH 8.5EPSS 0.17%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.17%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 4.0
- 8.5 HIGHCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
- EPSS
- 0.17% probability · 7th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-732
- Affected
- airvpn/eddie
- Source
- help@fluidattacks.com
References
- https://airvpn.org/forums/topic/79305-eddie-desktop-edition-225-beta-released/Issue Tracking, Release Notes
- https://eddie.website/Product
- https://fluidattacks.com/advisories/blink182Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/AirVPN/EddieProduct
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.