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high 8.3

CVE-2026-32725 json

SciTokens C++: Relative Path Traversal Vulnerability

published 2026-03-31 7 mo ago modified 2026-07-24 3 mo ago also EUVD-2026-17561

cvss
8.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.8%
EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 58%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • scitokens scitokens_cpp_library 1.4.1
  • scitokens-cpp Debian 14 1.4.1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-32725

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2026-32725 updated cvss 6.8

SciTokens C++: scitokens-cpp: SciTokens C++: Authorization bypass via path traversal in scope claims

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
7 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.85% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 58% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/scitokens/scitokens-cpp/security/advisories/GHSA-rqcx-mc9w-pjxp referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 8.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

Affected products

  • scitokens scitokens-cpp

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-23 Relative Path Traversal

References

Sources

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