CVE-2026-47273 PUBLISHED

pam_usb: XPath injection via PAM-supplied identifiers in pam_usb configuration queries

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 18.05.2026 Published: 27.05.2026 Updated: 28.05.2026

pam_usb provides hardware authentication for Linux using ordinary removable media. Prior to 0.9.0, pam_usb builds XPath expressions from user-supplied identifiers (PAM username, service name) and device-supplied identifiers (USB device serial, model, vendor) to query /etc/pamusb.conf. These identifiers were not validated for XPath metacharacters, allowing injection of arbitrary XPath predicates. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.9.0.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
CVSS Score: 6.5

Product Status

Vendor mcdope
Product pam_usb
Versions
  • Version < 0.9.0 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-91: XML Injection (aka Blind XPath Injection) CWE