CVE-2026-32725

Published Mar 31, 2026

Last updated a month ago

Overview

Description
SciTokens C++ is a minimal library for creating and using SciTokens from C or C++. Prior to version 1.4.1, scitokens-cpp is vulnerable to an authorization bypass when processing path-based scopes in tokens. The library normalizes the scope path from the token before authorization and collapses ".." path components instead of rejecting them. As a result, an attacker can use parent-directory traversal in the scope claim to broaden the effective authorization beyond the intended directory. This issue has been patched in version 1.4.1.
Source
security-advisories@github.com
NVD status
Analyzed
Products
scitokens_cpp_library

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Secondary
Base score
8.3
Impact score
5.5
Exploitability score
2.8
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
Severity
HIGH

Weaknesses

security-advisories@github.com
CWE-23

Social media

Hype score
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Configurations