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CVE-2023-38950

7.5, high Known exploited

ZKTeco BioTime Path Traversal Vulnerability

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CVSS
7.5, high high CVSS v3.1
EPSS, next 30 days
92% higher than 99.8% of scored CVEs
Exploitation
Confirmed in the wild
Published
3 Aug 20233 years ago

Known exploited

CISA added this to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog on 19 May 2025. US federal agencies had to remediate by 9 Jun 2025, a deadline that has passed.

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.

Details

Vendor
ZKTeco
Product
Biotime
Weakness
CWE-22 (opens in a new tab)
Status
Analyzed
Updated
9 Jul 2026
Assigner
cve@mitre.org

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References 4

Exploit code 1

Advisories 1

Other references 2

The kind is read from NVD's tags where present and from the shape of the URL otherwise, so treat it as a hint.

Other ZKTeco CVEs

Every ZKTeco CVE we hold

Same vendor in what we hold, not a known link between the flaws.

  • CVE-2026-108798 A vulnerability was found in ZKTeco BioTime 9.5.6 Build 20260130.3206 EPSS 0.3% 7.3, high

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Assembled from the NVD 2.0 API, the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog and FIRST EPSS. Scores are as of our last collection on 18 Oct 2026, not the live upstream state.