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HIGHCVE-2026-32727Published Modified CNA GitHub_M

CVE-2026-32727: SciTokens: Authorization Bypass via Path Traversal in Scope Validation

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 v3.1
8.1
Severity
HIGH
Fixed in
Affected Products
1
Affected packages
  • scitokens / scitokens
    < 1.9.7
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N