CVE-2026-48064 pam_usb: PAM_RHOST check skipped when deny_remote=false allows XDMCP authentication bypass

pamusb provides hardware authentication for Linux using ordinary removable media. Prior to 0.9.1, when a PAM service is configured with denyremote=false in pamusb commonly done for display managers such as gdm-password or lightdm to bypass process/TTY heuristics for local sessions, the PAMRHOST...

CVE-2026-48064

Summary: pam_usb prior to 0.9.1 allowed a remote XDMCP session to bypass USB authentication when deny_remote=false, because the PAM_RHOST check was gated inside the deny_remote branch. Technical details (supported): pam_usb provides hardware authentication for Linux via removable media. In affect...

CVE-2026-48064

pamusb provides hardware authentication for Linux using ordinary removable media. Prior to 0.9.1, when a PAM service is configured with denyremote=false in pamusb commonly done for display managers such as gdm-password or lightdm to bypass process/TTY heuristics for local sessions, the PAMRHOST...