CVE-2026-47273 (GCVE-0-2026-47273)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-27 20:03 – Updated: 2026-05-28 13:26
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
pam_usb: XPath injection via PAM-supplied identifiers in pam_usb configuration queries
Summary
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.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-05-28 13:26 UTC
CWE
- CWE-91 - XML Injection (aka Blind XPath Injection)
Assigner
References
3 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/mcdope/pam_usb/security/adviso… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://github.com/mcdope/pam_usb/pull/311 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/mcdope/pam_usb/commit/721fed08… | x_refsource_MISC |
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