CVE•Published 2026-05-27•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-44712
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.2
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
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Weaknesses (CWE)
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.
Timeline
Published 2026-05-27
Modified 2026-05-27
External references
Search for exposed instances
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More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-44712Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-44712Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-44712Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-44712GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-44712" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2026-44712 on GitHub.