CVE-2026-48065

Published: Mag 27, 2026 Last Modified: Mag 27, 2026

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MEDIUM 6,7

Source: [email protected]

Attack Vector: local

Attack Complexity: low

Privileges Required: high

User Interaction: none

Scope: unchanged

Confidentiality: high

Integrity: high

Availability: high

Description

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pam_usb provides hardware authentication for Linux using ordinary removable media. Prior to 0.9.1, src/conf.c allocates heap memory proportional to n_devices, a count derived from libxml2 XPath evaluation of the config file, without first enforcing an upper bound. On 32-bit targets (armv7l, i686 -- both listed in the project Makefile), the multiplication n_devices * sizeof(t_pusb_device) wraps around size_t, causing xmalloc() to receive a very small size. Because xmalloc() only calls abort() on NULL return, a small-but-non-NULL allocation is accepted, and subsequent array writes overflow the heap. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.9.1.

122

Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Draft

Abstraction: Variant Structure: Simple

Common Consequences

Security Scopes Affected:

Availability Integrity Confidentiality Access Control Other

Potential Impacts:

Dos: Crash, Exit, Or Restart Dos: Resource Consumption (Cpu) Dos: Resource Consumption (Memory) Execute Unauthorized Code Or Commands Bypass Protection Mechanism Modify Memory Other

Applicable Platforms

Languages: Memory-Unsafe, C, C++

Likelihood of Exploit: High

View CWE Details

190

Integer Overflow or Wraparound

Stable

Abstraction: Base Structure: Simple

Common Consequences

Security Scopes Affected:

Availability Integrity Confidentiality Access Control Other

Potential Impacts:

Dos: Crash, Exit, Or Restart Dos: Resource Consumption (Memory) Dos: Instability Modify Memory Execute Unauthorized Code Or Commands Bypass Protection Mechanism Alter Execution Logic Dos: Resource Consumption (Cpu)