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CVE-2026-47783
high
Description
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.
References
https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-47783.json
https://github.com/memcached/memcached/wiki/ReleaseNotes1642
https://github.com/memcached/memcached/compare/1.6.41...1.6.42
https://github.com/memcached/memcached/commit/d13f282b4bce33a9c33b8a1bbf07f12114160fed
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2480089
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-47783