What is CVE-2025-14979?

CVE-2025-14979 is a high-severity vulnerability in Airvpn Eddie, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2026-01-06.

How severe is CVE-2025-14979?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Airvpn Eddie

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.

EPSS: 0.001 (4.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Airvpn Eddie — versions 2.24.6

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-732 — Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

help@fluidattacks.com (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
help@fluidattacks.com (Product, product)
help@fluidattacks.com (Product, product)
help@fluidattacks.com (Release Notes, patch, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-14979?: CVE-2025-14979 is a high-severity vulnerability in Airvpn Eddie, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2026-01-06.
How severe is CVE-2025-14979?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.