CVE-2026-48792
pam_usb provides hardware authentication for Linux using ordinary removable media. Prior to 0.9.1, src/evdev.c silently ignores EACCES errors when opening /dev/input/event* nodes, causing pusb_has_virtual_input_device() to return 0 (no virtual devices found) even when every open() call failed due to insufficient permissions. The caller in src/local.c cannot distinguish a clean absence of virtual devices from a permission-denied scan, and acts on the false negative by continuing authentication without denying. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.9.1.
- CVSS 3.1
- 4.4
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - EPSS
- 0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 2% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)
- CWEs
- CWE-390, CWE-693
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced