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SCA: security update for appwrite, appwrite-cli (GHSA-g777-crp9-m27g)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 414956

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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. (CVE-2023-50974)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g777-crp9-m27g

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 414956

Version: Revision 1.8

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/20/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.51

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-50974

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Threat Score: 5.4

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/9/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/9/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-50974

cwe: CWE-798