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CVE-2023-50974 — appwrite-cli

MEDIUM

CVE-2023-50974 is a medium-severity (CVSS 5.5) Hard-coded Credentials vulnerability in appwrite-cli. 1 public exploit or proof-of-concept reference is indexed, so weaponization risk is real. A fix is available for appwrite-cli — see the affected versions and patch details below.

Apprite CLI makes Use of Hard-coded Credentials

Also known asPYSEC-2024-2
Published
Updated
Affected
2 pkgs
Patched
2 / 2
Exploits
1 known
Exploitation data as of Oct 22, 2026 · OSV.dev, NVD, FIRST.org (EPSS)

Exploitation Status

Proof-of-concept exploit code exists

  • CISA’s SSVC triage found public proof-of-concept exploit code for this CVE, though no confirmed active exploitation.

Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for CVE-2023-50974.

EPSS Exploitation Probability

via FIRST.org ↗
0.3%probability of exploitation in next 30 days
Lower Risk0.00%
Lower risk than most CVEs21th percentile — riskier than 21% of all scored CVEsHighest risk
0.00%0.26%0.53%0.79%0.0%0.3%Apr 26Aug 26Oct 26

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.

How urgent is this, really

Where this sits among everything scored

Real-World Exposure

2 pkgs affected

How broadly this vulnerability is actually deployed: weekly install volume shows current usage, and reverse-dependency count shows how many other packages break if it stays unpatched.

1other npm packages depend on this — each one inherits the vulnerability until it's patched upstream
appwrite-clinpm
2Kdownloads / week

Description

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.

Affected Packages

2 total 2 fixed
EcosystemPackageVulnerable rangeFix
📦npmappwrite-cliall versions3.0.0npm install appwrite-cli@3.0.0
🐍PyPIappwriteall versions3.0.0pip install --upgrade 'appwrite==3.0.0'

Affected Products

1 product · 1 configurations
Application
command line interfaceappwrite
< 3.0.0
range
Exploits & PoCs
1

Research use only. For defensive security, authorized penetration testing, and academic research only. Never execute exploit code against systems without explicit written authorization.

In Appwrite CLI before 3.0.0, when using the login command, the credenti…

gist.github.comNVDJan 2024

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency

  1. Detect

    Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for appwrite-cli, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.

  2. Fix

    Update appwrite-cli to 3.0.0 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2023-50974 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.

  3. Workarounds

    Escape or sanitise the affected output on the server side rather than relying on client-side filtering, and add a Content-Security-Policy that blocks inline script execution so injected markup cannot run even if it reaches the page.

Frequently Asked Questions

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.
O3 Security · Impact-Aware SCA

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CVE-2023-50974: appwrite-cli — Fixed in 3.0.0