CVE-2026-64668: pam_usb: deny_remote bypassed by zone-indexed IPv6 addresses (fe80::1%eth0) in pusb_tmux_has_remote_clients

Published Nov 11, 2026
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Updated

pamusb provides hardware authentication for Linux using removable media. From version 0.8.0 to before version 0.9.3, the denyremote feature in pamusb uses /usr/bin/w -i to detect whether the authenticating user has an active remote tmux session. In pusbtmuxhasremoteclients() (src/tmux.c), the IPv6 detection pattern matched the address group and then immediately expected whitespace. On Linux systems with multi-homed network interfaces, w -i appends a zone index (scope identifier) to link-local IPv6 addresses — e.g. fe80::1%eth0. The %eth0 suffix appeared between the address and the next whitespace field, causing the regex match to fail even for an otherwise-matching remote session. The function returned "no remote clients" and granted access. This issue has been patched in version 0.9.3.

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade pam_usb to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 0.9.3

Event History

Nov 11, 2026
CVE Published
via MITRE·03:50 AM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·03:50 AM
DescriptionSeverityWeakness

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