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CVE-2026-44713: CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') in mcdope pam_usb

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High
VulnerabilityCVE-2026-44713cvecve-2026-44713cwe-78cwe-116
Published: Wed May 27 2026 (05/27/2026, 20:13:13 UTC)
Source: CVE Database V5
Vendor/Project: mcdope
Product: pam_usb

Description

pam_usb provides hardware authentication for Linux using ordinary removable media. Prior to 0.8.7, src/tmux.c reads the user's $TMUX environment variable, splits it on commas, and interpolates the socket-path component directly into a shell command passed to popen(). Because the value is placed inside double-quotes without sanitisation, any value containing " terminates the quoted string and injects arbitrary shell syntax. popen() runs as root inside the PAM stack. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.8.7.

CVSS v3.1

Score 8.8high

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Technical Details

Data Version
5.2
Assigner Short Name
GitHub_M
Date Reserved
2026-05-07T17:07:09.318Z
Cvss Version
3.1
State
PUBLISHED
Remediation Level
null

Threat ID: 6a175c27e29bf47b50eb6092

Added to database: 5/27/2026, 9:03:35 PM

Last updated: 5/27/2026, 9:03:56 PM

Views: 1

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