Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-47783

Memcached ≤ 1.6.42

Published
20 May 2026
Modified
11 August 2026
Patch / advisory
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CVSS Score v3.1 8.1
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.013 67th percentile
Risk Priority 62 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2026-47783 is a high-severity Observable Timing Discrepancy (CWE-208) vulnerability in Memcached Memcached. Its CVSS base score is 8.1 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Password Guessing (T1110.001); ranked in the top 33% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SA-11 (Developer Testing and Evaluation) and SA-8 (Security and Privacy Engineering Principles) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

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.

CWE(s)
CWE-208

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1110.001 Password Guessing Credential Access
Adversaries with no prior knowledge of legitimate credentials within the system or environment may guess passwords to attempt access to accounts.
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T1087 Account Discovery Discovery
Adversaries may attempt to get a listing of valid accounts, usernames, or email addresses on a system or within a compromised environment.
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T1087.001 Local Account Discovery
Adversaries may attempt to get a listing of local system accounts.
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T1087.002 Domain Account Discovery
Adversaries may attempt to get a listing of domain accounts.
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T1087.003 Email Account Discovery
Adversaries may attempt to get a listing of email addresses and accounts.
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T1087.004 Cloud Account Discovery
Adversaries may attempt to get a listing of cloud accounts.
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Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2026-47784Same product: Memcached Memcached
CVE-2023-46853Same product: Memcached Memcached
CVE-2023-46852Same product: Memcached Memcached
CVE-2026-23892Shared CWE-208
CVE-2026-40263Shared CWE-208
CVE-2026-43606Shared CWE-208
CVE-2024-41828Shared CWE-208
CVE-2026-40972Shared CWE-208
CVE-2026-5086Shared CWE-208
CVE-2026-13758Shared CWE-208

Affected Assets

memcached
memcached
≤ 1.6.42

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

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Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

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Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

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Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V11.2.4

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SA-11 Developer Testing and Evaluation good match

Developer testing can include timing analysis or side-channel test cases that reveal observable timing discrepancies.

SA-8 Security and Privacy Engineering Principles partial match

Engineering principles can mandate constant-time algorithms and side-channel resistance so timing discrepancies are never introduced.

SC-13 Cryptographic Protection partial match

Requiring approved cryptographic modules and algorithms implicitly demands implementations free of observable timing leaks.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices directly require constant-time implementations that eliminate observable timing discrepancies.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

A.8.17 Clock synchronization none match
none

Consistent reference clocks limit the attacker's ability to measure or manipulate timing differences that could reveal internal state or processing paths.

References