Describe the bug

After updating to phpMyAdmin 5.2.3, I can no longer manage user accounts when logged in as root.
The User accounts page loads, but shows the message:

"You do not have the privileges to edit users."

As a result, I cannot:

Edit existing user privileges

Create new users

This behavior does not occur in version 5.2.2, using the same environment and configuration.

How to Reproduce

Steps to reproduce

1. Log in to phpMyAdmin 5.2.3 as root

2. Open the User accounts tab
   → The interface shows a message stating you lack privileges

Expected behavior

The root user should be able to view and manage user accounts — edit privileges and create new users — as in version 5.2.2.

Screenshots

No response

Operating System

Linux

Web Server

nginx/1.28.0

Database Server

MySQL

Database version

5.7.44-google-log

PHP version

8.3.26

phpMyAdmin version

5.2.3

browser

Chrome – Version 141.0.7390.55 (Official Build) (x86_64)

Additional context

It's a serverless deploy in GCR using CloudSQL and Docker based in php:8.3-fpm-alpine

phpMyAdmin: 5.2.3
Server: (Localhost via UNIX socket)
Server type: MySQL
Server version: 5.7.44-google-log (Google)
Protocol version: 10
User: root
Server charset: UTF-8 Unicode (utf8)

Web server: nginx/1.28.0
PHP version: 8.3.26
Database client version: libmysql - mysqlnd 8.3.26
PHP extensions: mysqli, curl, mbstring, sodium
Deployment: Google Cloud Run