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.
High CVSS 8.1
Summary
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.
In-depth triage
No in-depth report has been generated yet (DR-003 v2 AI pipeline is under construction).
Affected products
- :
Sources
- NVD DATABASE
Original Links
- https://github.com/memcached/memcached/commit/d13f282b4bce33a9c33b8a1bbf07f12114160fed Patch
- https://github.com/memcached/memcached/compare/1.6.41...1.6.42 Release Notes
- https://github.com/memcached/memcached/wiki/ReleaseNotes1642 Release Notes
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:27842
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:27862
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-47783
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2480089
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-47783.json
Timeline
- nvd_ingest NVD