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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
Description
pam_usb provides hardware authentication for Linux using ordinary removable media. Prior to 0.9.0, pam_usb builds XPath expressions from user-supplied identifiers (PAM username, service name) and device-supplied identifiers (USB device serial, model, vendor) to query /etc/pamusb.conf. These identifiers were not validated for XPath metacharacters, allowing injection of arbitrary XPath predicates. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.9.0.
Basic Information
ID
CVE-2026-47273
Source
GitHub_M
Published
May 27, 2026 at 20:03
Affected Product
Vendor
mcdope
Product
pam_usb
Version
< 0.9.0
Affected Versions
mcdope pam_usb < 0.9.0