CVE-2026-32725 (GCVE-0-2026-32725)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-31 17:01 – Updated: 2026-04-03 16:14
VLAI
Title
SciTokens C++: Relative Path Traversal Vulnerability
Summary
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.
Severity
8.3 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-23 - Relative Path Traversal
Assigner
References
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Vendor Product Version
scitokens scitokens-cpp Affected: < 1.4.1
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