Eddie VPN 2.24.6 - Local Privilege Escalation

8.5 CVSS

Vulnerability 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 Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

Oscar Uribe

References

Affected Vendor

AirVPN

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Affected Software

Eddie

Vulnerable Versions:

2.24.6

Timeline

Official Publish: January 6th, 2026

Last Modified: March 3rd, 2026

Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-732

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1222 File and Directory Permissions Modification

Defense Evasion

T1574 Hijack Execution Flow

Privilege Escalation

T1005 Data from Local System

Collection

T1078 Valid Accounts

Persistence

T1562 Impair Defenses