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.

CVSS

No CVSS.

References

Link	Resource
https://eddie.website/
https://fluidattacks.com/advisories/blink182
https://github.com/AirVPN/Eddie

Configurations

No configuration.

History

06 Jan 2026, 16:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-01-06 16:15

Updated : 2026-01-08 18:09

NVD link : CVE-2025-14979

Mitre link : CVE-2025-14979

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-14979

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Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-732

Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

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