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SCA: security update for scitokens (GHSA-w8fp-g9rh-34jh)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 439567

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - SciTokens is a reference library for generating and using SciTokens. Prior to version 1.9.6, the Enforcer
 incorrectly validates scope paths by using a simple prefix match (startswith). This allows a token with
 access to a specific path (e.g., /john) to also access sibling paths that start with the same prefix
 (e.g., /johnathan, /johnny), which is an Authorization Bypass. This issue has been patched in version
 1.9.6. (CVE-2026-32716)

Solution

Update the scitokens library and its related packages to version 1.9.6 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w8fp-g9rh-34jh

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 439567

Version: Revision 1.5

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 4/1/2026

Updated: 6/1/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-32716

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/31/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/31/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-32716

cwe: CWE-285