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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.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-03-13 | Published 2026-03-31 | Updated 2026-04-03 | Assigner GitHub_M




HIGH: 8.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

Problem types

CWE-23: Relative Path Traversal

Product status

< 1.4.1
affected

References

github.com/...ns-cpp/security/advisories/GHSA-rqcx-mc9w-pjxp

github.com/...ommit/7951ed809967d88c00c20de414b1ff74df8c3e08

cve.org (CVE-2026-32725)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-32725)

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