CVE-2026-32727
SciTokens: Authorization Bypass via Path Traversal in Scope Validation
Vexday Risk Score
21Low
SSVC decision (CISA)
Track
No exploitation signal → monitor
CVSS 8.1EPSS 0.5%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit —Patch —
Lifecycle
31 Mar 2026Published on NVD
Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.
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.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Affected products
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