CVE-2023-38950
ZKTeco BioTime Path Traversal Vulnerability
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 9 June 2025). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 84.70% probability · 100th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Listed 19 May 2025 · due 9 June 2025
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Affected
- zkteco/biotime
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
CISA notes
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
References
- https://claroty.com/team82/disclosure-dashboard/cve-2023-38950Third Party Advisory
- https://claroty.com/team82/disclosure-dashboard/cve-2023-38950Third Party Advisory
- https://sploitus.com/exploit?id=PACKETSTORM:177859Exploit
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-38950US Government Resource
- https://www.fortinet.com/content/dam/fortinet/assets/reports/report-incident-response-middle-east.pdfBroken Link, Technical Description
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.