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Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Aug 3, 2023· Updated Jul 9, 2026

CVE-2023-38951

CVE-2023-38951

Description

ZKTeco BioTime 8.5.5 through 9.x before 9.0.1 (20240617.19506) allows authenticated attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files on the server via crafted requests to /base/sftpsetting/ endpoints that abuse a path traversal issue in the Username field and a lack of input sanitization on the SSH Key field. Overwriting specific files may lead to arbitrary code execution as NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM.

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Affected products

4
  • Zkteco/BioTime3 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:zkteco:biotime:8.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:zkteco:biotime:8.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)
    • (no CPE)range: 8.5.5 through 9.x before 9.0.1 (20240617.19506)
  • Zkteco/Zkbio Timellm-fuzzy
    Range: 8.5.5 through 9.x before 9.0.1 (20240617.19506)

Patches

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