CVE-2026-48064

highpriority · track · 0OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.003 · 28 %ileEU
grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.34% (28th) EPSS
CVSS 8.1 · high
Is it mine?
1 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
2 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

pam_usb provides hardware authentication for Linux using ordinary removable media. Prior to 0.9.1, when a PAM service is configured with deny_remote=false in pam_usb (commonly done for display managers such as gdm-password or lightdm to bypass process/TTY heuristics for local sessions), the PAM_RHOST check in pusb_do_auth() is also skipped. PAM_RHOST is set by remote daemons (sshd, XDMCP servers) to identify the remote client address. Because the check is gated inside if (opts.deny_remote), a genuine remote XDMCP connection reaches the USB device authentication step instead of being rejected. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.9.1.

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cvss

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

8.1
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.18.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.18.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · security-advisories@github.comexploitability 2.2 · impact 5.9
v3.17.4highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/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

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CWE-863US
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affected products (1)

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also known as (2)

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sources

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cnnvdenisa_euvdNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2026-05-27modified 2026-10-26
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references (8)

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