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SCA: security update for phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin (GHSA-9xhq-pm7v-693p)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 434824

Description

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

 - An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. When the user does not specify a blowfish_secret key for encrypting
 cookies, phpMyAdmin generates one at runtime. A vulnerability was reported where the way this value is
 created uses a weak algorithm. This could allow an attacker to determine the user's blowfish_secret and
 potentially decrypt their cookies. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.5), 4.4.x versions (prior to
 4.4.15.9), and 4.0.x versions (prior to 4.0.10.18) are affected. (CVE-2016-9847)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9xhq-pm7v-693p

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 434824

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/20/2025

Updated: 8/20/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-9847

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/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: 11/25/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-9847

BID: 94524