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.
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Wed, 01 Apr 2026 02:15:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Scitokens
Scitokens scitokens-cpp
Vendors & Products Scitokens
Scitokens scitokens-cpp

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 19:15:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description 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.
Title SciTokens C++: Sibling-Path Authorization Bypass
Weaknesses CWE-863
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-03-31T19:09:02.060Z

Reserved: 2026-03-13T15:02:00.625Z

Link: CVE-2026-32726

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-03-31T19:04:22.171Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-03-31T18:16:50.997

Modified: 2026-03-31T20:16:27.197

Link: CVE-2026-32726

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-03-31T20:37:48Z

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