Medium severity6.3NVD Advisory· Published May 27, 2026· Updated May 28, 2026
CVE-2026-47274
CVE-2026-47274
Description
pam_usb provides hardware authentication for Linux using ordinary removable media. Prior to 0.9.0, multiple pam_usb helper tools resolved external binaries through the PATH environment variable rather than using absolute paths. An attacker who can influence the process environment during PAM authentication or tool execution could substitute malicious binaries. The affected tools are pamusb-check (src/tmux.c), pamusb-conf (tools/pamusb-conf), and pamusb-keyring-unlock-gnome (tools/pamusb-keyring-unlock-gnome). This vulnerability is fixed in 0.9.0.
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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