What is CVE-2026-48792?

CVE-2026-48792 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mcdope Pam_usb, classified under CWE-390. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2026-05-27.

How severe is CVE-2026-48792?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Mcdope Pam_usb

CVE-2026-48792

pam_usb provides hardware authentication for Linux using ordinary removable media. Prior to 0.9.1, src/evdev.c silently ignores EACCES errors when opening /dev/input/event* nodes, causing pusb_has_virtual_input_device() to return 0 (no vir…

EPSS: 0.000 (4.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Mcdope Pam_usb — versions < 0.9.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-390
CWE-693 — Protection Mechanism Failure

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_MISC)
security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_MISC)
security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-48792?: CVE-2026-48792 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mcdope Pam_usb, classified under CWE-390. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2026-05-27.
How severe is CVE-2026-48792?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.