CVE-2023-27478 describes a data exposure vulnerability in libmemcached-awesome, an open-source C/C++ client library for the memcached server. The flaw allows the library to return stale data for a key if a previous request timed out due to a low POLL_TIMEOUT setting. With a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), this vulnerability has a network attack vector and low attack complexity, potentially leading to unauthorized disclosure of information (C:L, I:L). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 1.0.18, < 1.1.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:awesome:libmemcached:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
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