CVE-2026-32725

HIGH

SciTokens C++: Relative Path Traversal Vulnerability

Title source: cna

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.

Scores

CVSS v3 8.3
EPSS 0.0017
EPSS Percentile 38.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-23
Status published
Products (2)
scitokens/scitokens-cpp < 1.4.1
scitokens/scitokens_cpp_library < 1.4.1
Published Mar 31, 2026
Tracked Since Mar 31, 2026