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ZKTeco BioTime: BioTime Path Traversal Vulnerability

ZKTeco BioTime

ZKTeco BioTime contains a path traversal vulnerability in the iclock API that allows an unauthenticated attacker to read arbitrary files via supplying a crafted payload. Added to CISA KEV on 2025-05-19.

Why this severity: CVSS 7.5 (CISA ADP, v3.1); actively exploited (CISA KEV)

Started: May 19, 2025
Closed: May 19, 2025
CVE: CVE-2023-38950

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Updated May 19, 2025

Affected

See vendor advisory / CISA notes (versions not always listed in KEV feed)

Fixed in

See vendor advisory linked in sources

Timeline1

May 19, 2025
CISA added CVE-2023-38950 to the KEV catalog (due 2025-06-09).

Advisories3

Notes & caveats

Derived from CISA KEV JSON feed catalogVersion 2026.10.21. CVSS from the CVE record (cvelistV5). Exact affected/fixed version strings are not always in the KEV record; verify against the vendor advisory URL. startedAt uses dateAdded (exploitation may have begun earlier; many entries are older CVEs newly confirmed as exploited in 2025).

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