CVE-2026-44711

highpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.002 · 6 %ileEU
grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.17% (6th) EPSS
CVSS 7.9 · high
Is it mine?
1 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
2 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-26

pam_usb provides hardware authentication for Linux using ordinary removable media. Prior to 0.8.7, symlink attacks on pad directory and pad files enable authentication bypass and root file corruption. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.8.7.

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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.9
010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.17.9highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.17.9highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:Hsecondary · security-advisories@github.comexploitability 1.5 · impact 5.8
v3.17.2highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-287USCWE-59US
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affected products (1)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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also known as (2)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvdenisa_euvdNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2026-05-27modified 2026-10-26
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references (5)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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