alpine-cve-2016-9847
CVSS 5.3 osv_alpine
Description
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.
Timeline
- Published
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- Last Modified
- unknown
CVSS Details
CVSS details not available.
Affected Products
No product information available.
Linked Vulnerabilities
No linked vulnerabilities found.
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"affected": [
{
"database_specific": {
"source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2016-9847.json"
},
"ecosystem_specific": {},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Alpine:v3.2",
"name": "phpmyadmin",
"purl": "pkg:apk/alpine/phpmyadmin?arch=source"
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}
]
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"database_specific": {
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},
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],
"details": "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.",
"id": "ALPINE-CVE-2016-9847",
"modified": "2026-09-22T06:30:45.489468137Z",
"published": "2016-12-11T02:59:44.553Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2016-9847"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.9.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
],
"upstream": [
"CVE-2016-9847"
]
}