CVE-2026-87874
HIGHDescription
A flaw was found in the memcached cache plugin of the community.general Ansible collection. Although its documentation states that records are stored in JSON format, the plugin performs no explicit serialization and relies on python-memcached, which pickles values on write and unpickles them on read. Because memcached is unauthenticated and cache keys are predictable, an attacker able to reach a network-exposed or shared memcached instance can write a crafted pickle payload that is deserialized and executed on the Ansible controller when the poisoned fact cache is next read, leading to remote code execution.
How to fix
No published remediation has been found for this vulnerability's affected products yet.
Mitigation guidance may be in the linked vendor advisories in the References section below.
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CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploit Intelligence
Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 36% of all known CVEs.
References
Related Vulnerabilities
Other CWE-502 (Deserialization of Untrusted Data) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2023-0669 | High | 7.2 | 100% | KEV + Ransom | Fix |
| CVE-2021-44228 | Critical | 10.0 | 100% | KEV + Ransom | Fix |
| CVE-2021-35464 | Critical | 9.8 | 100% | KEV + Ransom | Fix |
| CVE-2025-53770 | Critical | 9.8 | 100% | KEV + Ransom | Fix |
| CVE-2023-29300 | Critical | 9.8 | 100% | KEV + Ransom | - |
| CVE-2025-59287 | Critical | 9.8 | 100% | KEV | Fix |
Common questions
How do I fix CVE-2026-87874?
No published fix for CVE-2026-87874 has been found yet. Check the linked vendor advisories for guidance as it becomes available.
Is CVE-2026-87874 being actively exploited?
Not that we know of. CVE-2026-87874 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 0.43% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 36% of all scored CVEs.
How severe is CVE-2026-87874?
CVE-2026-87874 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.1, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.
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