pam_usb provides hardware authentication for Linux using ordinary removable media. Prior to 0.9.1, src/evdev.c silently…
Summary
Vulnerability reported (CVE-2026-48792). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 0.9.1 or later.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
pam_usb provides hardware authentication for Linux using ordinary removable media. Prior to 0.9.1, src/evdev.c silently ignores EACCES errors when opening /dev/input/event* nodes, causing pusb_has_virtual_input_device() to return 0 (no virtual devices found) even when every open() call failed due to insufficient permissions. The caller in src/local.c cannot distinguish a clean absence of virtual devices from a permission-denied scan, and acts on the false negative by continuing authentication without denying. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.9.1.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-48792 has been found.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 4.4/10.
What to do: upgrade the affected software to 0.9.1 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "CVE-2026-48792" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-48792 — CWE-390 / CVSS v3 4.4
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Patched: 0.9.1 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-390) has been reported.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 4.4/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to 0.9.1.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで影響コンポーネントを特定する。
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2Apply patch patch
Upgrade to 0.9.1ステージング環境で 0.9.1 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
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3Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。