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High · 8.2 CVE-2026-44712 EUVD-2026-32662

pam_usb: Shell injection via device UUID and username in pamusb-conf and pamusb-agent

Published May 27, 2026 · Updated May 28, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

pam_usb provides hardware authentication for Linux using ordinary removable media. Prior to 0.8.7, a crafted UUID such as $(id>/tmp/rce) in the config causes root RCE when pamusb-conf --reset-pads is run. A USB device with a crafted filesystem UUID (some controllers allow this) can inject the payload at --add-device time. Also, userName from the XML config is passed to os.system() in pamusb-agent, which invokes a shell. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.8.7.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
mcdope pam_usb < 0.8.7 —

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