What is CVE-2023-2479?

CVE-2023-2479 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Appium Appium/appium-Desktop, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-05-02.

How severe is CVE-2023-2479?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-2479 known to be exploited?

26 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

RCE in Appium Appium/appium-Desktop

CVE-2023-2479

OS Command Injection in GitHub repository appium/appium-desktop prior to v1.22.3-4.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

Published 2023-05-02 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.220 (97.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-07.

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 97.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.220 · newest: 0.220 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Appium Appium/appium-Desktop — versions unspecified
Appium Appium-Desktop

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

huntr.dev/bounties/fbdeec3c-d197-4a68-a547-7f93fb9594b4 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/appium/appium-desktop/commit/12a988aa08b9822e97056a09486c9bebb3aad8fe (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-2479?: CVE-2023-2479 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Appium Appium/appium-Desktop, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-05-02.
How severe is CVE-2023-2479?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-2479 known to be exploited?: 26 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.