NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting mcdope/pam_usb package, versions [,0.8.7)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.03% (10th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-MCDOPEPAMUSB-16964391
  • published28 May 2026
  • disclosed27 May 2026
  • creditmcdope

Introduced: 27 May 2026

NewCVE-2026-44710  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade mcdope/pam_usb to version 0.8.7 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference via the device.c process. An attacker can cause a crash and deny login access by supplying a device with missing serial, vendor, or model fields, leading to a NULL pointer dereference when these fields are accessed.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1