What is CVE-2026-48984?

CVE-2026-48984 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mcdope Pam_usb, classified under CWE-14. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2026-06-18.

How severe is CVE-2026-48984?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Mcdope Pam_usb

CVE-2026-48984

pam_usb provides hardware authentication for Linux using ordinary removable media. In versions 0.9.1 and below, the xfree() memory release helper in calls free() without first zeroing the buffer contents, releasing heap-allocated buffers c…

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Mcdope Pam_usb — versions < 0.9.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-14
CWE-226 — Sensitive Information in Resource Not Removed Before Reuse

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-48984?: CVE-2026-48984 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mcdope Pam_usb, classified under CWE-14. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2026-06-18.
How severe is CVE-2026-48984?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.