CVE-2026-32727

Published: Mar 31, 2026 Last Modified: Mar 31, 2026
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HIGH 8,1
Attack Vector: network
Attack Complexity: low
Privileges Required: low
User Interaction: none
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: high
Integrity: high
Availability: none

Description

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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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Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Stable
Common Consequences
Security Scopes Affected:
Integrity Confidentiality Availability
Potential Impacts:
Execute Unauthorized Code Or Commands Modify Files Or Directories Read Files Or Directories Dos: Crash, Exit, Or Restart
Applicable Platforms
Technologies: AI/ML
View CWE Details
https://github.com/scitokens/scitokens/commit/2d1cc9e42bc944fe0bbc429b85d166e71…
https://github.com/scitokens/scitokens/pull/230
https://github.com/scitokens/scitokens/releases/tag/v1.9.7
https://github.com/scitokens/scitokens/security/advisories/GHSA-3x2w-63fp-3qvw