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.
Published: 2026-03-31
Score: 8.1 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
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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
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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'}


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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

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

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

Link: CVE-2026-32727

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Status : Received

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

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

Link: CVE-2026-32727

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