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TI-2025-13663 Aliases CVE-2025-14979GHSA-6mh8-wgv9-q5c9

Eddie VPN 2.24.6 - Local Privilege Escalation

Priority HIGH 72CWE-732Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00173 6th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
AirVPNEddie2.24.6—No fix listedCNA
  • Eddie VendorAirVPN Affected 2.24.6 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:airvpn:eddie:2.24.6:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*2.24.6VulnerableAirVPN
  • cpe:2.3:a:airvpn:eddie:2.24.6:*:*:*:*:macos:*:* Versions 2.24.6 Vulnerable ·AirVPN

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-14979
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6mh8-wgv9-q5c9

References

Exploit 1

Patch 1

Other 2

Sources

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