CVE-2023-27478

mediumpriority · track · 26EPSS 0.007 · 55 %ileDEEURUUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.75% (55th) EPSS
CVSS 6.5 · medium
Is it mine?
7 products
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Who says so?
6 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

libmemcached-awesome is an open source C/C++ client library and tools for the memcached server. `libmemcached` could return data for a previously requested key, if that previous request timed out due to a low `POLL_TIMEOUT`. This issue has been addressed in version 1.1.4. Users are advised to upgrade. There are several ways to workaround or lower the probability of this bug affecting a given deployment. 1: use a reasonably high `POLL_TIMEOUT` setting, like the default. 2: use separate libmemcached connections for unrelated data. 3: do not re-use libmemcached connections in an unknown state.

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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

6.5
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 2.5
v3.16.5mediumAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:Nsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU
v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:Nsecondary · security-advisories@github.comexploitability 3.9 · impact 2.5
v3.16mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical Impact: partialcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-200USCWE-200US
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affected products (7)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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advisories (3)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • WID-SEC-W-2023-0607memcached: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Offenlegung von InformationenDeutsch2023-03-08csaf · cert_bundDE

    Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in memcached ausnutzen, um Informationen offenzulegen.

  • BIT-libmemcached-2023-27478Disclosure of unrelated data in libmemcached-awesome 2024-03-06vendor · osvUS

    libmemcached-awesome is an open source C/C++ client library and tools for the memcached server. `libmemcached` could return data for a previously requested key, if that previous request timed out due to a low `POLL_TIMEOUT`. This issue has been addressed in version 1.1.4. Users are advised to upgrade. There are several ways to workaround or lower the probability of this bug affecting a given deployment. 1: use a reasonably high `POLL_TIMEOUT` setting, like the default. 2: use separate libmemcached connections for unrelated data. 3: do not re-use libmemcached connections in an unknown state.

  • BIT-memcached-2023-274782024-03-06vendor · osvUS

    libmemcached-awesome is an open source C/C++ client library and tools for the memcached server. `libmemcached` could return data for a previously requested key, if that previous request timed out due to a low `POLL_TIMEOUT`. This issue has been addressed in version 1.1.4. Users are advised to upgrade. There are several ways to workaround or lower the probability of this bug affecting a given deployment. 1: use a reasonably high `POLL_TIMEOUT` setting, like the default. 2: use separate libmemcached connections for unrelated data. 3: do not re-use libmemcached connections in an unknown state.

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sources

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cnnvdenisa_euvdfstec_bduosvnvdcert_bundNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2023-03-07modified 2026-06-17
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references (13)

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