๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-47784

HIGH 8.1
CVSS Score
8.1
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

In memcached before 1.6.42, password data for SASL password database authentication has a timing side channel because memcmp is used by sasl_server_userdb_checkpass.

CWE CWE-208
Vendor memcached
Product memcached
Published May 20, 2026
Last Updated May 20, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Affected Versions

memcached / memcached
0 < 1.6.42

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
github.com: https://github.com/memcached/memcached/commit/d13f282b4bce33a9c33b8a1bbf07f12114160fed github.com: https://github.com/memcached/memcached/compare/1.6.41...1.6.42 github.com: https://github.com/memcached/memcached/wiki/ReleaseNotes1642