NIXPKGS-2026-0913
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CVE-2026-32727
8.1 HIGH
- CVSS version: 3.1
- Attack vector (AV): NETWORK
- Attack complexity (AC): LOW
- Privileges required (PR): LOW
- User interaction (UI): NONE
- Scope (S): UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality impact (C): HIGH
- Integrity impact (I): HIGH
- Availability impact (A): NONE
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SciTokens: Authorization Bypass via Path Traversal in Scope Validation
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.
References
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https://github.com/scitokens/scitokens/security/advisories/GHSA-3x2w-63fp-3qvw x_refsource_CONFIRM
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https://github.com/scitokens/scitokens/pull/230 x_refsource_MISC
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https://github.com/scitokens/scitokens/releases/tag/v1.9.7 x_refsource_MISC
Affected products
scitokens
- ==< 1.9.7
Package maintainers
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@lub-dub evey <nix@lubdub.nl>