CVE-2023-50974 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

In Appwrite CLI before 3.0.0, when using the login command, the credentials of the Appwrite user are stored in a ~/.appwrite/prefs.json file with 0644 as UNIX permissions. Any user of the local system can access those credentials.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00022.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Appwrite	Command Line Interface

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:appwrite:command_line_interface:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Github GHSA	GHSA-g777-crp9-m27g	Apprite CLI makes Use of Hard-coded Credentials

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://appwrite.io/docs/tooling/command-line/installation
https://gist.github.com/SkypLabs/72ee00ecfa7d1a3494e2d69a24279c1d

History

Tue, 17 Jun 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2024-01-09T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-06-17T16:02:00.408Z

Reserved: 2023-12-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-50974

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T22:23:44.139Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-09T09:15:42.480

Modified: 2025-06-17T16:15:27.360

Link: CVE-2023-50974

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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