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CVE-2026-119561

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Description

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.

Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
7.6 (v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Received
Source identifier
Published
2026-10-30 12:16:43.513000
Last modified
2026-10-30 17:17:20.507000
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  "published": "2026-10-30T12:16:43.513",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-30T17:17:20.507",
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    }
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      "url": "https://abraxaslabs.tech/research/PMA-5.2.3-WebAuthn-2FA",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://abraxaslabs.tech/research/phpmyadmin-webauthn",
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