CVE-2023-43586: Zoom Meeting Software Development Kit

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Zoom Meeting Software Development Kit: before 5.16.5 (fixed in 5.16.5)
• Zoom Video Software Development Kit: before 5.16.5 (fixed in 5.16.5)
• Zoom Virtual Desktop Infrastructure: before 5.14.14 (fixed in 5.14.14); from 5.15.0, before 5.15.12 (fixed in 5.15.12)
• Zoom Zoom: before 5.16.5 (fixed in 5.16.5)

Published 2023-12-13. Last modified 2026-06-17.