CVE•Published 2023-08-03•Modified 2026-07-09•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2023-38950Zkteco · Biotime
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
7.5
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS percentile
100
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 0% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
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.
Timeline
Published 2023-08-03
Modified 2026-07-09
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2023-38950Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product
product:"Zkteco Biotime"All exposed Zkteco Biotime instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Biotime"HTTP body or banner mentions "Biotime" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2023-38950Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2023-38950Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2023-38950Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2023-38950GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2023-38950" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2023-38950 on GitHub.