CVE-2020-35197: Docker Memcached Docker Image

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 2.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The official memcached docker images before 1.5.11-alpine (Alpine specific) contain a blank password for a root user. System using the memcached docker container deployed by affected versions of the docker image may allow a remote attacker to achieve root access with a blank password.

Affected products

• Docker Memcached Docker Image: before 1.5.11 (fixed in 1.5.11)

Published 2020-12-17. Last modified 2026-06-17.