CVE-2023-38950
High 7.5 Exploited in the wild (KEV)
Confirmed active exploitation — CISA KEV catalog
- Name
- ZKTeco BioTime Path Traversal Vulnerability
- Added to catalog
- Remediation due date (US federal)
- Required action
- Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Description
A path traversal vulnerability in the iclock API of ZKTeco BioTime v8.5.5 allows unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files via supplying a crafted payload. This vulnerability was fixed in version 9.0.120240617.19506 of ZKBioTime.
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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7.5 (HIGH)
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - EPSS — exploit probability
- 92% (percentile: 100) as of 2 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-22
Affected products
zkteco: biotime
References
- https://sploitus.com/exploit?id=PACKETSTORM:177859 Exploit
- https://claroty.com/team82/disclosure-dashboard/cve-2023-38950 Third Party Advisory
- https://claroty.com/team82/disclosure-dashboard/cve-2023-38950 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023… US Government Resource
- https://www.fortinet.com/content/dam/fortinet/assets/reports/report-incident-re… Broken LinkTechnical Description