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.
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Wed, 27 May 2026 20:15:00 +0000
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| Description | 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. | |
| Title | pam_usb: XPath injection via PAM-supplied identifiers in pam_usb configuration queries | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-91 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published:
Updated: 2026-05-27T20:03:39.297Z
Reserved: 2026-05-18T23:03:37.230Z
Link: CVE-2026-47273
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-05-27T20:16:39.880
Modified: 2026-05-27T20:16:39.880
Link: CVE-2026-47273
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