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CVE-2023-50974

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-50974 describes a vulnerability in the Appwrite CLI prior to version 3.0.0, where user credentials entered via the 'login' command are stored in a ~/.appwrite/prefs.json file with insecure 0644 UNIX permissions, making them accessible to any local system user. This is a medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) with a low attack complexity and local attack vector, potentially leading to high confidentiality impact if exploited. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 3.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:appwrite:command_line_interface:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.29%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
21.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0029 is in the 78th percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: appwrite-cliFixed in: 3.0.0
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: appwriteFixed in: 3.0.0

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-g777-crp9-m27gmedium

Apprite CLI makes Use of Hard-coded Credentials

Jan 9, 2024

References

appwrite.io / docs/tooling/command-line/installation
Product
gist.github.com / SkypLabs/72ee00ecfa7d1a3494e2d69a24279c1d
ExploitThird Party Advisory