CVE-2026-90698

Exploitation

Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

0.85% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 58.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.5 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS: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:X

NVD analysis status

Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-09-15.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2026-09-14 08:30Z1 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-09-15 15:55Z1 MO AGO

Reserved

2026-09-13

Assigning CNA

VulDB

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 6.9)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS: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

Weaknesses

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
• CWE-125Out-of-bounds ReadBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

160ac23798e6e34d8b66a754a07b1b61b2cc8c213966f16df64dd17c24cb88cf

• vuldb.comVDB-403231 | memcached mcmc Tokenizer proto_text.c try_read_command_asciiauth out-of-boundshttps://vuldb.com/vuln/403231vdb-entrytechnical-description
• vuldb.comVDB-403231 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA)https://vuldb.com/vuln/403231/ctisignaturepermissions-required
• vuldb.comCVE-2026-90698 | CVE Analysis and Reporthttps://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-90698third-party-advisory
• vuldb.comSubmit #916217 | Memcached 1.6.41 through 1.6.43 Out-of-Bounds Readhttps://vuldb.com/submit/916217third-party-advisory
• vuldb.comSubmit #916219 | Memcached 1.6.41 > 1.6.43 Out-of-Bounds Read (Duplicate)https://vuldb.com/submit/916219third-party-advisory
• protectiv.phhttps://protectiv.ph/research/memcached-asciiauth-empty-line-dosexploit
• github.comhttps://github.com/memcached/memcached/commit/af05c9302bba508b736c3da1d5670f63fe8b7db4patch
• github.comhttps://github.com/memcached/memcached/releases/tag/1.6.44patch
• github.comhttps://github.com/memcached/memcached/product