CVE-2026-47784

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.

Score

CVSS 3.1 8.1 High

Status

Analyzed - cve@mitre.org

Published

2026-05-20

Last modified

2026-05-20

Weaknesses

CWE-208

Affected products

• Memcached (Memcached)

References

• https://github.com/memcached/memcached/commit/d13f282b4bce33a9c33b8a1bbf07f12114160fed
• https://github.com/memcached/memcached/compare/1.6.41...1.6.42
• https://github.com/memcached/memcached/wiki/ReleaseNotes1642