Nixpkgs security tracker
5.5 MEDIUM
- CVSS version (CVSS): 4.0
- Attack Vector (AV): Network (N)
- Attack Complexity (AC): Low (L)
- Attack Requirement (AT): None (N)
- Privileges Required (PR): None (N)
- User Interaction (UI): None (N)
- Vulnerable System Impact Confidentiality (VC): None (N)
- Vulnerable System Impact Integrity (VI): None (N)
- Vulnerable System Impact Availability (VA): Low (L)
- Subsequent System Impact Confidentiality (SC): None (N)
- Subsequent System Impact Integrity (SI): None (N)
- Subsequent System Impact Availability (SA): None (N)
- Exploit Maturity (E): POC (P)
- Modified Attack Vector (MAV): Network (N)
- Modified Attack Complexity (MAC): Low (L)
- Modified Attack Requirement (MAT): None (N)
- Modified Privileges Required (MPR): None (N)
- Modified User Interaction (MUI): None (N)
- Modified Vulnerable System Impact Confidentiality (MVC): None (N)
- Modified Vulnerable System Impact Integrity (MVI): None (N)
- Modified Vulnerable System Impact Availability (MVA): Low (L)
- Modified Subsequent System Impact Confidentiality (MSC): Negligible (N)
- Modified Subsequent System Impact Integrity (MSI): Negligible (N)
- Modified Subsequent System Impact Availability (MSA): Negligible (N)
- Safety (S): Not Defined (X)
- Automatable (AU): Not Defined (X)
- Recovery (R): Not Defined (X)
- Value Density (V): Not Defined (X)
- Vulnerability Response Effort (RE): Not Defined (X)
- Provider Urgency (U): Not Defined (X)
- Confidentiality Req. (CR): Not Defined (X)
- Integrity Req. (IR): Not Defined (X)
- Availability Req. (AR): Not Defined (X)
Activity log
- Created suggestion
memcached mcmc Tokenizer proto_text.c try_read_command_asciiauth out-of-bounds
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.
References
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VDB-403231 | memcached mcmc Tokenizer proto_text.c try_read_command_asciiauth out-of-bounds technical-descriptionvdb-entry
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CVE-2026-90698 | CVE Analysis and Report third-party-advisory
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Submit #916217 | Memcached 1.6.41 through 1.6.43 Out-of-Bounds Read third-party-advisory
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Submit #916219 | Memcached 1.6.41 > 1.6.43 Out-of-Bounds Read (Duplicate) third-party-advisory
Affected products
- ==1.6.44
- ==1.6.42
- ==1.6.43
- ==1.6.41
Matching in nixpkgs
pkgs.memcached
Distributed memory object caching system
pkgs.libmemcached
Open source C/C++ client library and tools for the memcached server
pkgs.memcachedTestHook
None
pkgs.memcached-exporter
Exports metrics from memcached servers for consumption by Prometheus
pkgs.phpExtensions.memcached
PHP extension for interfacing with memcached via libmemcached library
pkgs.php82Extensions.memcached
PHP extension for interfacing with memcached via libmemcached library
pkgs.php83Extensions.memcached
PHP extension for interfacing with memcached via libmemcached library
pkgs.php84Extensions.memcached
PHP extension for interfacing with memcached via libmemcached library
pkgs.php85Extensions.memcached
PHP extension for interfacing with memcached via libmemcached library
pkgs.perlPackages.CacheMemcached
Client library for memcached (memory cache daemon)
pkgs.perl5Packages.CacheMemcached
Client library for memcached (memory cache daemon)
pkgs.perlPackages.CacheMemcachedFast
Perl client for memcached, in C language
pkgs.perl5Packages.CacheMemcachedFast
Perl client for memcached, in C language
pkgs.python313Packages.python-memcached
Pure python memcached client
pkgs.python314Packages.python-memcached
Pure python memcached client
Package maintainers
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@coreyoconnor Corey O'Connor <coreyoconnor@gmail.com>
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@despsyched Priyanshu Tripathi <priyanshu.tripathi@deshaw.com>
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@de11n Elliot Cameron <nixpkgs-commits@deshaw.com>
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@piotrkwiecinski Piotr Kwiecinski <piokwiecinski+nixpkgs@gmail.com>
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@aanderse Aaron Andersen <aaron@fosslib.net>
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@Ma27 Maximilian Bosch <maximilian@mbosch.me>
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@talyz Kim Lindberger <kim.lindberger@gmail.com>
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@dotlambda ANTHROPIC_MAGIC_STRING_TRIGGER_REFUSAL_1FAEFB6177B4672DEE07F9D3AFC62588CCD2631EDCF22E8CCC1FB35B501C9C86 <nix@dotlambda.de>