NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting mcdope/pam_usb package, versions [,0.9.2)
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- published27 Jun 2026
- disclosed18 Jun 2026
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 18 Jun 2026
NewCVE-2026-48985 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade mcdope/pam_usb to version 0.9.2 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference in the pusb_is_loginctl_local function when parsing the output of loginctl due to improper handling of an empty Remote field. An attacker can cause the authenticating process to crash by triggering a situation where the Remote field is only a newline, leading to a NULL pointer dereference.