CVE-2026-44712
pam_usb provides hardware authentication for Linux using ordinary removable media. Prior to 0.8.7, a crafted UUID such as $(id>/tmp/rce) in the config causes root RCE when pamusb-conf --reset-pads is run. A USB device with a crafted filesystem UUID (some controllers allow this) can inject the payload at --add-device time. Also, userName from the XML config is passed to os.system() in pamusb-agent, which invokes a shell. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.8.7.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.2
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS
- 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 4% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)
- CWEs
- CWE-78, CWE-88
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced