SciTokens C++: Sibling-Path Authorization Bypass
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-863.
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 in path-based scope validation. The enforcer used a simple string-prefix comparison when checking whether a requested resource path was covered by a token's authorized scope path. Because the check did not require a path-segment boundary, a token scoped to one path could incorrectly authorize access to sibling paths that merely started with the same prefix. This issue has been patched in version 1.4.1.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA scitokens-cpp (scitokens) Fixed in 1.4.1
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-32726
References
More Scitokens Cpp Library vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-25217 SciTokens C++: Relative Path Traversal Vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.3
Sources
- CVE-2026-32726 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-32726 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- CVE-2026-32726 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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