CVE-2026-44713 (GCVE-0-2026-44713)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-27 20:13 – Updated: 2026-05-27 20:13
VLAI
Title
pam_usb: Command injection via $TMUX environment variable leads to RCE as root
Summary
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.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CWE
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/mcdope/pam_usb/security/adviso… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
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