Duty Analyst: Joseph McCarthy

CVE-2026-47783

Published: 2026-05-20 07:16:16 | Last modified: 2026-05-21 17:06:41

HIGH CVSS 8.1
No EPSS data

Description

In memcached before 1.6.42, username data for SASL password database authentication has a timing side channel because a loop exits as soon as a valid username is found by sasl_server_userdb_checkpass.

CVSS details

Severity
high
Score
8.1
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

This CVE is not currently listed in the EPSS dataset.

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