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title: "CVE-2026-87874: community.general Ansible - Remote Code Execution"
description: "community.general Ansible collection memcached cache plugin contains an insecure deserialization vulnerability caused by unprotected pickle deserialization in python-memcached, letting remote attackers execute arbitrary code via crafted payloads on the Ansible controller, exploit requires network access to memcached instance."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-87874/
---

# CVE-2026-87874 community.general Ansible - Remote Code Execution

community.general Ansible collection memcached cache plugin contains an insecure deserialization vulnerability caused by unprotected pickle deserialization in python-memcached, letting remote attackers execute arbitrary code via crafted payloads on the Ansible controller, exploit requires network access to memcached instance.

CVSS base score 8.1 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

EPSS

0.72% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-87874)

## Details

Type

Remote Code Execution

Impact

Remote Code Execution

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Published

9 September 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-502](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/502.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to the latest version of community.general Ansible collection with patched memcached cache plugin.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-87874](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-87874)
- [https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-87874](https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-87874)
- [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show\_bug.cgi?id=2530995](https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2530995)

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