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SCA: security update for phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin (GHSA-w8qg-j9fp-hrjf)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 431821

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - The checkHTTP function in libraries/Config.class.php in phpMyAdmin 4.5.x before 4.5.5.1 does not verify
 X.509 certificates from api.github.com SSL servers, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof
 these servers and obtain sensitive information via a crafted certificate. (CVE-2016-2562)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w8qg-j9fp-hrjf

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 431821

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/7/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.3

Percentile: 50.87

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-2562

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/17/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/25/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-2562

BID: 83717

cwe: CWE-20