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CVE-2026-48792— pam_usb: pusb_has_virtual_input_device() silently discards EACCES, disabling remote desktop detection under non-root execution

CVSS 4.4 · Medium EPSS 0.13% · P3

Possible ATT&CK Techniques 1AI

T1136.001 · Local Account

Affected Version Matrix 1

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
mcdopepam_usb< 0.9.1affected
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2026-48792

Vulnerability Information
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Vulnerability Title
pam_usb: pusb_has_virtual_input_device() silently discards EACCES, disabling remote desktop detection under non-root execution
Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Description
pam_usb provides hardware authentication for Linux using ordinary removable media. Prior to 0.9.1, src/evdev.c silently ignores EACCES errors when opening /dev/input/event* nodes, causing pusb_has_virtual_input_device() to return 0 (no virtual devices found) even when every open() call failed due to insufficient permissions. The caller in src/local.c cannot distinguish a clean absence of virtual devices from a permission-denied scan, and acts on the false negative by continuing authentication without denying. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.9.1.
Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
未有动作错误条件的检测
Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Title
pam_usb 安全漏洞
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Description
pam_usb是McDope个人开发者的一个基于USB设备的Linux硬件认证工具。 pam_usb 0.9.1之前版本存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于src/evdev.c静默忽略EACCES错误，可能导致pusb_has_virtual_input_device()返回0即使所有open()调用因权限不足失败。
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)

Affected Products

VendorProductAffected VersionsCPESubscribe
mcdopepam_usb < 0.9.1 -

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CVE-2026-472697.4 HIGHpam_usb: deny_remote feature incorrectly classifies IPv4-mapped IPv6 remote connections as
CVE-2026-472727.1 HIGHpam_usb: OTP pad authentication bypass via missing system pad check and uninitialized RNG
CVE-2026-480656.7 MEDIUMpam_usb: Unchecked integer multiplication before xmalloc() in conf.c allows heap-based buf
CVE-2026-472736.5 MEDIUMpam_usb: XPath injection via PAM-supplied identifiers in pam_usb configuration queries
CVE-2026-472746.3 MEDIUMpam_usb: Uncontrolled search path in pam_usb tools allows privilege escalation via PATH ma
CVE-2026-472706.3 MEDIUMpam_usb: strtok() race condition in multi-threaded PAM hosts can corrupt deny_remote resul
CVE-2026-480665.7 MEDIUMpam_usb: Thread-unsafe static pointer in log.c causes data race under concurrent PAM authe
CVE-2026-472715.1 MEDIUMpam_usb: OOM guards removed by -DNDEBUG cause NULL dereference and authentication process
CVE-2026-447104.6 MEDIUMpam_usb: NULL pointer dereference from UDisks device fields causes PAM crash and login den

IV. Related Vulnerabilities

Same product: pam_usb
Same vendor: mcdope
Same weakness: CWE-390

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