CVE-2026-44711

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-59 Link Following

Publication date:

27/05/2026

Last modified:

27/05/2026

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.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.90 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope (S): Changed
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

7.90

Severity 3.x

HIGH

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

https://github.com/mcdope/pam_usb/security/advisories/GHSA-fjpm-p9pj-mp34