{"id":"CVE-2023-38950","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2023-38950","generatedAt":"2026-10-31T10:24:10.818Z","title":"ZKTeco BioTime Path Traversal Vulnerability","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.","published":"2023-08-03T23:15:11.000Z","lastModified":"2026-07-09T13:57:25.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-22"],"affected":["zkteco/biotime"],"epss":{"score":0.92468,"percentile":0.99825,"date":"2026-10-30","history":[{"date":"2026-09-24","score":0.92468,"percentile":0.99823}]},"kev":{"listed":true,"dateAdded":"2025-05-19","dueDate":"2025-06-09","knownRansomwareCampaignUse":"Unknown","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.\nhttps://www.zkteco.com/en/Security_Bulletinsibs ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38950"},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"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."},"changes":[{"kind":"epss","label":"EPSS jump","at":"2026-09-24T00:00:00.000Z","detail":{"to":0.92468,"from":0.84702,"percentile":0.99823},"summary":"EPSS moved from 84.7% to 92.5% probability of exploitation in the next thirty days."}],"references":[{"url":"https://claroty.com/team82/disclosure-dashboard/cve-2023-38950","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://claroty.com/team82/disclosure-dashboard/cve-2023-38950","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://sploitus.com/exploit?id=PACKETSTORM:177859","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0"},{"url":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-38950","tags":["US Government Resource"],"source":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0"},{"url":"https://www.fortinet.com/content/dam/fortinet/assets/reports/report-incident-response-middle-east.pdf","tags":["Broken Link","Technical Description"],"source":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38950","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}