CVE-2026-32727
March 31, 2026
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.
Affected Packages
scitokens (CONDA):
Affected version(s) >=1.4.0 <1.9.7Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 1.9.7scitokens (CONDA):
Affected version(s) >=1.4.0 <1.9.7Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 1.9.7scitokens (CONDA):
Affected version(s) >=1.4.0 <1.9.7Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 1.9.7https://github.com/scitokens/scitokens.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v0.1.0 <v1.9.7Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v1.9.7https://github.com/scitokens/scitokens.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v0.1.0 <v1.9.7Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v1.9.7https://github.com/scitokens/scitokens.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v0.1.0 <v1.9.7Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v1.9.7scitokens (PYTHON):
Affected version(s) >=0.1 <1.9.7Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 1.9.7scitokens (PYTHON):
Affected version(s) >=0.1 <1.9.7Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 1.9.7scitokens (PYTHON):
Affected version(s) >=0.1 <1.9.7Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 1.9.7Related ResourcesĀ (4)
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
8.6
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
NONE
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
8.1
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE
Weakness Type (CWE)
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
EPSS
Base Score:
0.05