What is CVE-2026-32725?

CVE-2026-32725 is a high-severity vulnerability in Scitokens Scitokens-cpp, classified under Relative Path Traversal. CVSS score: 8.3/10. Published 2026-03-31.

How severe is CVE-2026-32725?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.3 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Scitokens Scitokens-cpp

CVE-2026-32725

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…

EPSS: 0.003 (50.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.3 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L.

Affected products

Scitokens Scitokens-cpp — versions < 1.4.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-23 — Relative Path Traversal

References

https://github.com/scitokens/scitokens-cpp/security/advisories/GHSA-rqcx-mc9w-pjxp (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
https://github.com/scitokens/scitokens-cpp/commit/7951ed809967d88c00c20de414b1ff74df8c3e08 (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-32725?: CVE-2026-32725 is a high-severity vulnerability in Scitokens Scitokens-cpp, classified under Relative Path Traversal. CVSS score: 8.3/10. Published 2026-03-31.
How severe is CVE-2026-32725?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.3 out of 10.