Medium severity4.6NVD Advisory· Published May 27, 2026· Updated May 28, 2026
CVE-2026-44710
CVE-2026-44710
Description
pam_usb provides hardware authentication for Linux using ordinary removable media. Prior to 0.8.7, src/device.c passed the return values of udisks_drive_get_serial(), udisks_drive_get_vendor(), and udisks_drive_get_model() directly to strcmp() without NULL checks. The GIO/UDisks API documentation states these accessors can return NULL for devices that do not expose the corresponding field. Passing NULL to strcmp() is undefined behaviour (typically a SIGSEGV). This vulnerability is fixed in 0.8.7.
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1- Mcdope Pam Usb: 15 CVEs Disclosed in a Single Day — RCE, Auth Bypass, and Race ConditionsVypr Intelligence · May 27, 2026