🛡️ CVE-2023-38950 — biotime

🟠 CVSS 7.5 — High ⚠️ Exploit Public CWE-22 NVD
7.5
CVSS Score
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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.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity none, availability none.

Weakness class

CVE-2023-38950 is classified as CWE-22: Path Traversal. A file path built from user input is not confined to the intended directory, letting an attacker reach files elsewhere on the filesystem.

Affected software

CVE-2023-38950 is recorded against 1 package.

  • biotime (fixed in 9.0.1)

Timeline and source

Published on 3 August 2023 and last revised on 9 July 2026. A public exploit is known to exist, which raises the urgency of patching considerably. Record sourced from NVD.

References

claroty.com
claroty.com
sploitus.com
www.cisa.gov
www.fortinet.com

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 7.5
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE CWE-22
Public Exploit ⚠️ Yes
Source NVD
Published 2023-08-03
Updated 2026-08-11
Modified 2026-07-09
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
biotime — 9.0.1

Similar Threats

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