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SCA: security update for phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin (GHSA-qgrq-64g6-mmh6)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 432935

Description

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

 - An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. With a very large request to table partitioning function, it is
 possible to invoke a Denial of Service (DoS) attack. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.5) are affected.
 (CVE-2016-9863)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qgrq-64g6-mmh6

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 432935

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/11/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-9863

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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: 11/25/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-9863

BID: 94526

cwe: CWE-20