Eddie Desktop Edition 2.25 beta released

[Staff 10478]

 

Hello!

 

We're very glad to inform you that a new Eddie Air client version has been released: 2.25 beta. It is ready for public beta testing.

 

How to test our experimental release:

• Go to download page of your OS
• Click the button Switch to EXPERIMENTAL
• Download and install

This is a new version of Eddie Desktop (Windows / Linux / MacOS).

The primary purpose of this release is to address several specific issues, including a significant CVE affecting macOS only. We expect it to be promoted to STABLE shortly.

We are currently working on a substantial codebase refactoring aimed at evolving Eddie Desktop into a more modern client.

Main changelog:

• [change] [all] Encrypted profiles: save with PBKDF2-SHA256; backward-compatible decrypt of SHA-1 profiles
• [bugfix] [linux] Fix for distro without systemd
• [change] [all] Fine-tuning of "netlock.allow_ping" option
• [new] [all] "netlock.allow_ndp", default true
• [change] [all] OpenVPN 2.6.17
• [bugfix] [macOS] CVE-2025-14979: fix (shortcut-cli removed)
• [change] [windows] hardened SSH key file permissions to reliably remove orphaned ACL entries and prevent "bad permissions" errors
• [change] [windows] Updated projects and scripts to Visual Studio 2026

Kind regards & datalove
AirVPN Staff