CVE-2026-32727 PUBLISHED

SciTokens: Authorization Bypass via Path Traversal in Scope Validation

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 13.03.2026 Published: 31.03.2026 Updated: 31.03.2026

SciTokens is a reference library for generating and using SciTokens. Prior to version 1.9.7, the Enforcer is vulnerable to a path traversal attack where an attacker can use dot-dot (..) in the scope claim of a token to escape the intended directory restriction. This occurs because the library normalizes both the authorized path (from the token) and the requested path (from the application) before comparing them using startswith. This issue has been patched in version 1.9.7.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS Score: 8.1

Product Status

Vendor scitokens
Product scitokens
Versions
  • Version < 1.9.7 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') CWE