{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ranges": [
        {
          "database_specific": {
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              },
              {
                "fixed": "0.9.0"
              }
            ],
            "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD"
          },
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "c1eba240c30dc377619492affca6f0c130e4fa9e"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://github.com/mcdope/pam_usb",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "GHSA-vx6f-rrqr-j87c"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cna_assigner": "GitHub_M",
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-287",
      "CWE-908"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/47xxx/CVE-2026-47272.json"
  },
  "details": "pam_usb provides hardware authentication for Linux using ordinary removable media. Prior to 0.9.0, the pusb_pad_compare() function in src/pad.c only verified that the user-side pad (~/.pamusb/device.pad) could be read, but did not enforce that the system-side pad (the pad file on the USB device) was also present and readable. If the user-side pad was deleted or unreadable, the function returned a failure that was treated as non-fatal in certain code paths, allowing authentication to succeed without the USB device being verified. A local user can delete their own ~/.pamusb/device.pad to remove the USB device requirement and authenticate without the physical device. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.9.0.",
  "id": "CVE-2026-47272",
  "modified": "2026-07-08T05:36:37.539897822Z",
  "published": "2026-05-27T20:06:15.388Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/47xxx/CVE-2026-47272.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/mcdope/pam_usb/security/advisories/GHSA-vx6f-rrqr-j87c"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-47272"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.5",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "pam_usb: OTP pad authentication bypass via missing system pad check and uninitialized RNG buffer"
}