High 8.1Published May 20, 2026

CVE-2026-47784In 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.

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 07:50 UTC)

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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.

CVSS: 8.1 HIGH (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-208
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Jul 24, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

memcached memcached memcached:memcached	before 1.6.42	NVD

References

https://github.com/memcached/memcached/commit/d13f282b4bce33a9c33b8a1bbf07f12114160fedpatch
https://github.com/memcached/memcached/compare/1.6.41...1.6.42release-notes
https://github.com/memcached/memcached/wiki/ReleaseNotes1642release-notes

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