memcached: SASL authentication allows wrong credentials to access memcache
Published Jan 13, 2014
4.8
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.18%
Description
memcached before 1.4.17 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication by sending an invalid request with SASL credentials, then sending another request with incorrect SASL credentials.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 1.4.16
- 1.4.0
- 1.4.1
- 1.4.2
- 1.4.3
- 1.4.4
- 1.4.5
- 1.4.6
- 1.4.7
- 1.4.8
- 1.4.9
- 1.4.10
- 1.4.11
- 1.4.12
- 1.4.13
- 1.4.14
- 1.4.15
No data.
CloudForms Management Engine 5
memcached
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
memcached
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
memcached
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| CloudForms Management Engine 5 | memcached | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | memcached | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | memcached | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not Vulnerable. This issue does not affect the version of memcached package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6, since its not compiled with SASL support.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.18% (0.01180) | 66.56th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.18% (0.01180) | 63.51th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.34% (0.00337) | 54.35th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.56% (0.01563) | 87.74th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 26, 2023 | 1.56% (0.01563) | 85.61th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 10, 2023 | 1.79% (0.01785) | 86.40th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.10% (0.02101) | 87.35th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 69.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 44.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (10)
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/572 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56183 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2832 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64559 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2080-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-7239 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1047299 Issue Tracking
- https://code.google.com/p/memcached/wiki/ReleaseNotes1417 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-7239
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-7239
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/572 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/56183 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2832 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64559 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2080-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-7239 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1047299 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://code.google.com/p/memcached/wiki/ReleaseNotes1417 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-7239 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-7239 |
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