CVE catalog
CVE-2016-9856
phpmyadmin: CVE-2016-9856
- Severity
- Medium · CVSS 6.1
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 1.47% · Oct 25, 2026
An XSS issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin because of an improper fix for CVE-2016-2559 in PMASA-2016-10. This issue is resolved by using a copy of a hash to avoid a race condition. 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.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | phpmyadmin | sid | 4:5.2.4~dev~git20260809.e0909b211b+dfsg-1 | fixed |
| Debian | phpmyadmin | forky | 4:5.2.4~dev~git20260809.e0909b211b+dfsg-1 | fixed |
| Debian | phpmyadmin | trixie | 4:5.2.2-really+dfsg-1+deb13u1 | fixed |
| Debian | phpmyadmin | bookworm | 4:5.2.1+dfsg-1+deb12u1 | fixed |
| Alpine | phpmyadmin | 3.2 | 4.4.15.9-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | phpmyadmin | 3.4 | 4.6.5.2-r0 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | phpmyadmin | pro | 4:4.4.13.1-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | phpmyadmin | pro | 4:4.5.0.2-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | phpmyadmin | pro | 4:4.5.1-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | phpmyadmin | pro | 4:4.5.1-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | phpmyadmin | pro | 4:4.5.1-3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | phpmyadmin | pro | 4:4.5.2-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | phpmyadmin | pro | 4:4.5.2-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | phpmyadmin | pro | 4:4.5.3.1-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | phpmyadmin | pro | 4:4.5.4-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | phpmyadmin | pro | 4:4.5.4.1-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | phpmyadmin | pro | 4:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | phpmyadmin | pro | 4:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | phpmyadmin | pro | 4:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu2.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | phpmyadmin | pro | 4:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu2.1+esm2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | phpmyadmin | pro | 4:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu2.1+esm3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | phpmyadmin | pro | 4:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu2.1+esm4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | phpmyadmin | pro | 4:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu2.1+esm5 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | phpmyadmin | pro | 4:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu2.1+esm6 | vulnerable |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | phpmyadmin | source | sid | 4:4.6.5.1-1 | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | phpmyadmin | source | forky | 4:4.6.5.1-1 | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | phpmyadmin | source | trixie | 4:4.6.5.1-1 | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | phpmyadmin | source | bookworm | 4:4.6.5.1-1 | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Alpine | phpmyadmin | apk | 3.2 | 4.4.15.9-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2016-9856 | Not reported |
| Alpine | phpmyadmin | apk | 3.4 | 4.6.5.2-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2016-9856 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [phpmyadmin]Fixed
Details (2)
4:5.2.1+dfsg-1+deb12u1· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
4:4.6.5.1-1dsa · phpmyadmin · debian · bookworm; dsa · phpmyadmin · debian · 12
4:5.2.1+dfsg-1+deb12u1· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
4:4.6.5.1-1dsa · phpmyadmin · debian · bookworm; dsa · phpmyadmin · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [phpmyadmin]Fixed
Details (2)
4:5.2.2-really+dfsg-1+deb13u1· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
4:4.6.5.1-1dsa · phpmyadmin · debian · 13
4:5.2.2-really+dfsg-1+deb13u1· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
4:4.6.5.1-1dsa · phpmyadmin · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/opensuse-su-2024_10054-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2016-9856]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9856]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9856]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-9856]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2016/cve-2016-9856.json]
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