7.5High
KEV
CVE-2023-38950ZKTeco BioTime Path Traversal Vulnerability
Known exploited — ZKTeco BioTime Path Traversal Vulnerability
CISA confirmed this vulnerability is used in real attacks on 19.05.2025. Remediation deadline for US federal agencies: 09.06.2025.
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. https://www.zkteco.com/en/Security_Bulletinsibs ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38950
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.
Weakness (CWE):
CWE-22
Data: CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, Ubuntu. Published as the sources state it, in English.
Affected products and versions
References and patches
- https://claroty.com/team82/disclosure-dashboard/cve-2023-38950 Third Party Advisory
- https://sploitus.com/exploit?id=PACKETSTORM:177859 Exploit
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-38950 US Government Resource
- https://www.fortinet.com/content/dam/fortinet/assets/reports/report-incident-response-middle-east.pdf Broken LinkTechnical Description
CPE matches (NVD) (1)
cpe:2.3:a:zkteco:biotime:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*< 9.0.1