# CVE-2023-6919: Path Traversal in VGuard IP Camera Network Recorder

> An attacker can exploit absolute path traversal in VGuard IP Camera Network Recorder to read arbitrary files from the system.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 26 Jan 2024
- **Updated:** 20 May 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8pxq-68qw-492f

## What is CVE-2023-6919?

CVE-2023-6919 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Biges Safe Life Technologies Electronics Inc. VGuard, published on 26 Jan 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Path Traversal: '/../filedir' vulnerability in Biges Safe Life Technologies Electronics Inc. VGuard allows Absolute Path Traversal.

This issue affects VGuard: before V500.0003.R008.4011.C0012.B351.C.

Weakness: CWE-25 (Path Traversal: '/../filedir')

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-6919?

It affects 9 products.


Products: Biges Vg-255-Bv Firmware, Biges Vg-255-Df Firmware, Biges Vg-255a-Bf Firmware, Biges Vg-4c1a-Lrpu Firmware, Biges Vg-4c1a-Lru Firmware, Biges Vg-4c1e-Nvr Firmware, Biges Vg-64c8rd-Nvr Firmware, Biges Vg-8c1a-Lrpu Firmware, Biges Vg-8c1e-Nvr Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-6919?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-6919 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-6919 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-6919 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-6919 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-6919 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Biges Safe Life Technologies Electronics Inc. VGuard, published on 26 Jan 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-6919 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Biges Safe Life Technologies Electronics Inc. VGuard. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6919/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6919/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-6919
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6919
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-6919

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6919/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.