CVE-2026-44711

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-44711
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-44711.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-44711
Related
Published
2026-05-27T20:18:46.385Z
Modified
2026-07-15T01:49:18.887145950Z
Severity
  • 7.9 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
pam_usb: Symlink attacks on pad directory and pad files enable authentication bypass and root file corruption
Details

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.

Database specific 
{
    "cna_assigner": "GitHub_M",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-287",
        "CWE-59"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/44xxx/CVE-2026-44711.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/mcdope/pam_usb

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/mcdope/pam_usb
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
987f4f6ddf0a8c75ddd5f05b19b863220efe9005
Database specific 
{
    "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "0.8.7"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

0.*
0.5.0
0.7.1
0.7.2
0.7.3
0.8.3
0.8.4
v0.*
v0.7.0
v0.8.0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-44711.json"