CVE-2026-44711

Published May 27th, 2026

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CVSS v3

7.9

HIGH

CVSS v2

N/A

Affected

PROJECT

Description

pam_usb provides hardware authentication for Linux using ordinary removable media. Prior to 0.8.7, symlink attacks on pad directory and pad files enable authentication bypass and root file corruption. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.8.7.

mcdope/pam_usb

Hardware authentication for Linux using ordinary flash media (USB & Card based).

GitHub

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