CVE-2026-48066pam_usb provides hardware authentication for Linux using ordinary removable media.
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pam_usb provides hardware authentication for Linux using ordinary removable media. Prior to 0.9.1, src/log.c contains a process-wide static pointer that is written on every PAM invocation with the address of a stack-local variable. This violates the PAM re-entrancy requirement and creates a data race when the PAM stack is invoked concurrently from multiple threads. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.9.1.
- CVSS
- 5.7 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-362, CWE-476
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Not given
- NVD analysis
- Deferred
- Record last updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
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References
- https://github.com/mcdope/pam_usb/issues/350
- https://github.com/mcdope/pam_usb/issues/55
- https://github.com/mcdope/pam_usb/security/advisories/GHSA-qg76-57wq-mpv6
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