CVE-2026-44710 MEDIUM

CVE-2026-44710: pam_usb: NULL pointer dereference from UDisks device fields causes PAM crash and login denial-of-service

Vendor Mcdope
Product pam_usb
Weakness CWE-476
Published May 27, 2026
Last update May 28, 2026

CVSS base score

4.6/10
Attack vector Physical
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

May 27, 2026 CVE published
May 28, 2026 Record updated