Race Condition Affecting mcdope/pam_usb package, versions [,0.9.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (4th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-MCDOPEPAMUSB-16964256
  • published28 May 2026
  • disclosed27 May 2026
  • creditmcdope

Introduced: 27 May 2026

NewCVE-2026-48066  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade mcdope/pam_usb to version 0.9.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Race Condition in the log.c process. An attacker can cause unintended behavior or system instability by triggering concurrent PAM authentication requests that exploit the thread-unsafe static pointer.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1