CVE-2023-38950
Actively exploited. CVE-2023-38950 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2025-05-19) — exploitation has been observed in the wild, and US federal agencies are required to remediate it under BOD 22-01. Treat patching as urgent.
Public exploit code is available. Proof-of-concept or working exploit code for CVE-2023-38950 is indexed in Nuclei. Expect opportunistic scanning and exploitation attempts — prioritize remediation.
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.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- A path traversal vulnerability in the iclock API allows unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files.
- Who is affected
- Users of ZKTeco BioTime with the vulnerable API exposed.
- Urgency
- Remediation is urgent as the vulnerability is actively exploited and considered critical.
- Action
- Implement the latest security update from ZKTeco to fix the vulnerability.
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Exploitation outlook
- Exploitation confirmedAlready exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 100% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Exploit availability
Public exploit or proof-of-concept code for CVE-2023-38950 is indexed in these free datasets. Available exploit code raises real-world risk independent of the CVSS score.
- NucleiA nuclei-templates detection/PoC template exists for this CVE.look it up ↗
Advisory coverage (1)
- criticalexploitedCVE-2023-38950: ZKTeco BioTime Path Traversal Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2025-05-19
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