May 19, 2025 · Applied Cybernetics Group
CVE-2023-38950 — ZKTeco BioTime
ZKTeco BioTime Path Traversal Vulnerability
- Added to KEV
2025-05-19- Federal due date
2025-06-09- Vendor
- ZKTeco
- Product
- BioTime
- EPSS
- 99.3th percentile (score 0.834, as of
2026-06-08) - NVD CVSS v3.1
- —
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- Upstream
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38950
CISA short description
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.
Required action
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.