A vulnerability has been found in ZKTeco BioTime 9.5.6 Build 20260130.3206. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file /personnel/api/employees/ of the component Employee REST API. The manipulation leads to authorization bypass. The attack may be initiated remotely. Upgrading to version 9.5.6 Build 3623 is able to resolve this issue. The affected component should be upgraded.

Metrics

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact Low

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None

Vulnerable System Availability Impact None

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendors Products
Zkteco
  • Biotime

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References
Link Providers
https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-108797 cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/submit/961748 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/vuln/416574 cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/vuln/416574/cti cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.zkteco.com/en/Security_Bulletinsibs/27 cve-icon cve-icon
History

Fri, 16 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A vulnerability has been found in ZKTeco BioTime 9.5.6 Build 20260130.3206. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file /personnel/api/employees/ of the component Employee REST API. The manipulation leads to authorization bypass. The attack may be initiated remotely. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way. A vulnerability has been found in ZKTeco BioTime 9.5.6 Build 20260130.3206. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file /personnel/api/employees/ of the component Employee REST API. The manipulation leads to authorization bypass. The attack may be initiated remotely. Upgrading to version 9.5.6 Build 3623 is able to resolve this issue. The affected component should be upgraded.
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 4, 'vector': 'AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N/E:ND/RL:ND/RC:UR'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:X/RL:X/RC:R'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:X/RL:X/RC:R'}

 cvssV2_0

{'score': 4, 'vector': 'AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N/E:ND/RL:OF/RC:C'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:X/RL:O/RC:C'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:X/RL:O/RC:C'}

Tue, 13 Oct 2026 21:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 04:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A vulnerability has been found in ZKTeco BioTime 9.5.6 Build 20260130.3206. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file /personnel/api/employees/ of the component Employee REST API. The manipulation leads to authorization bypass. The attack may be initiated remotely. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
Title ZKTeco BioTime Employee REST API employees authorization
First Time appeared Zkteco
Zkteco biotime
Weaknesses CWE-285
CWE-639
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:zkteco:biotime:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Zkteco
Zkteco biotime
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 4, 'vector': 'AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N/E:ND/RL:ND/RC:UR'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:X/RL:X/RC:R'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:X/RL:X/RC:R'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X'}
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published: 2026-10-12T03:45:09.489Z

Updated: 2026-10-16T12:45:50.379Z

Reserved: 2026-10-11T09:11:22.572Z

Link: CVE-2026-108797

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-13T19:09:41.883Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-10-12T04:16:48.563

Modified: 2026-10-16T13:16:54.620

Link: CVE-2026-108797

cve-icon Redhat

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