CVE-2026-90698

mediumpriority · track · 21EPSS 0.009 · 58 %ileDE
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.86% (58th) EPSS
CVSS 5.3 · medium
Is it mine?
2 products
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Who says so?
1 sources
cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

A security flaw has been discovered in memcached 1.6.41/1.6.42/1.6.43. This vulnerability affects the function try_read_command_asciiauth of the file proto_text.c of the component mcmc Tokenizer. The manipulation results in out-of-bounds read. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. Upgrading to version 1.6.44 is able to resolve this issue. The patch is identified as af05c9302bba508b736c3da1d5670f63fe8b7db4. You should upgrade the affected component.

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cvss

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

5.5
010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 2.7–5.5

v3.15.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Lprimary · cna@vuldb.comexploitability 3.9 · impact 1.4
v2.05mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:Psecondary · cna@vuldb.comexploitability 10 · impact 2.9
v4.05.5mediumCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:Xsecondary · cna@vuldb.com
v4.02.7lowCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:Xsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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ssvc

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

Exploitation: poc · Automatable: yes · Technical Impact: partialcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-119USCWE-125US
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affected products (2)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • WID-SEC-W-2026-3336memcached: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Denial of ServiceDeutsch2026-09-13csaf · cert_bundDE

    Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in memcached ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen.

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sources

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cert_bundNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2026-09-14modified 2026-09-15
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references (9) nvd

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