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CVE-2026-47272

pam_usb provides hardware authentication for Linux using ordinary removable media. Prior to 0.9.0, the pusb_pad_compare() function in src/pad.c only verified that the user-side pad (~/.pamusb/device.pad) could be read, but did not enforce that the system-side pad (the pad file on the USB device) was also present and readable. If the user-side pad was deleted or unreadable, the function returned a failure that was treated as non-fatal in certain code paths, allowing authentication to succeed with

Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:66ff9458a010f9348eebeb8ad3c60e45cfa7eeb0e34714d89737c981b037b90b

Known exploited

Not asserted

Disputed

Stale source

Conflicts

Preserved source conflicts

No provider value was silently selected as the winner.

cwe · 2 assertions

{"cweId":"CWE-287","description":"CWE-287: Improper Authentication","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}

cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
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{"cweId":"CWE-908","description":"CWE-908: Use of Uninitialized Resource","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}

cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
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Affected products and versions

1 source assertion

{"product":"pam_usb","vendor":"mcdope","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"< 0.9.0"}]}

cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
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Provider-owned CVSS observations

1 source assertion

{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"LOCAL","availabilityImpact":"NONE","baseScore":7.1,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"LOW","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}

cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
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CWE assertions

2 source assertions

{"cweId":"CWE-287","description":"CWE-287: Improper Authentication","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}

cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
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{"cweId":"CWE-908","description":"CWE-908: Use of Uninitialized Resource","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}

cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
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Source references

1 source assertion

{"name":"https://github.com/mcdope/pam_usb/security/advisories/GHSA-vx6f-rrqr-j87c","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"],"url":"https://github.com/mcdope/pam_usb/security/advisories/GHSA-vx6f-rrqr-j87c"}

cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
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Attribution and limitations

CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →

Provider severity values are preserved separately. Baitaphish does not convert them into a risk rating, infer affected products, or treat EPSS as observed exploitation.

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