Vulnerability record/PUBLISHED/Published Oct 30, 2026 11:31:09 UTC

CVE-2026-119561

phpMyAdmin through 5.2.3 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in CustomServer::parseAndValidateAssertionResponse() that never verifies WebAuthn assertion signatures against stored public keys. Attackers holding a victim's MySQL credentials can POST a crafted webauthn_request_response with matching challenge, origin, and rpIdHash to bypass the second factor and gain database privileges.

Base score7.6/ 10

SeverityHighCVSS 4.0

Exploitability / impact

CVSS metric breakdown

Vector-derived attributes

Base severityHigh

Attack vectorNetworkAV

Attack complexityHighAC

Attack requirementsPresentAT

Privileges requiredLowPR

User interactionNoneUI

Vulnerable system confidentialityHighVC

Vulnerable system integrityHighVI

Vulnerable system availabilityNoneVA

Subsequent system confidentialityNoneSC

Subsequent system integrityNoneSI

Subsequent system availabilityNoneSA

CVSS vector stringCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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Record context

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Last updatedOct 30, 2026 11:31:09 UTC

PublishedOct 30, 2026 11:31:09 UTC

ReservedOct 30, 2026 10:53:30 UTC

Credits

Abraxas Labs