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.
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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description 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.
Title SciTokens: Authorization Bypass via Path Traversal in Scope Validation
Weaknesses CWE-22
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2026-03-31T01:31:57.392Z

Updated: 2026-04-02T14:48:02.376Z

Reserved: 2026-03-13T15:02:00.626Z

Link: CVE-2026-32727

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-04-02T14:47:58.128Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Undergoing Analysis

Published: 2026-03-31T03:15:57.340

Modified: 2026-04-01T14:24:02.583

Link: CVE-2026-32727

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