CVE-2016-10099
Borg (aka BorgBackup) before 1.0.9 has a flaw in the cryptographic protocol used to authenticate...
Borg (aka BorgBackup) before 1.0.9 has a flaw in the cryptographic protocol used to authenticate the manifest (list of archives), potentially allowing an attacker to spoof the list of archives.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Borg (aka BorgBackup) before 1.0.9 has a flaw in the cryptographic protocol used to authenticate the manifest (list of archives), potentially allowing an attacker to spoof the list of archives.
- Record
CVE-2016-10099- CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-310
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Borg (aka BorgBackup) before 1.0.9 has a flaw in the cryptographic protocol used to authenticate the manifest (list of archives), potentially allowing an attacker to spoof the list of archives.
- Record
CVE-2016-10099- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-1290 No score
Borg (aka BorgBackup) before 1.0.9 has a flaw in the cryptographic protocol used to authenticate the manifest (list of archives), potentially allowing an attacker to spoof the list of archives.
- Record
EUVD-2016-1290- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-rpmm-8crc-6fm8
Borg (aka BorgBackup) before 1.0.9 has a flaw in the cryptographic protocol used to authenticate...
Borg (aka BorgBackup) before 1.0.9 has a flaw in the cryptographic protocol used to authenticate the manifest (list of archives), potentially allowing an attacker to spoof the list of archives.
- Record
GHSA-rpmm-8crc-6fm8- CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Borg (aka BorgBackup) before 1.0.9 has a flaw in the cryptographic protocol used to authenticate the manifest (list of archives), potentially allowing an attacker to spoof the list of archives.
- Record
CVE-2016-10099- CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2016-10099
Borg (aka BorgBackup) before 1.0.9 has a flaw in the cryptographic protocol used to authenticate the manifest (list of archives), potentially allowing an attacker to spoof the list of archives.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10099- CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10659-1 No score
borgbackup-1.1.17-1.2 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the borgbackup-1.1.17-1.2 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10659-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
borgbackupDebian:12 |
before 1.0.9-1 | 1.0.9-1 |
borgbackupDebian:13 |
before 1.0.9-1 | 1.0.9-1 |
borgbackupDebian:14 |
before 1.0.9-1 | 1.0.9-1 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-10099 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Borg Project Borg, published January 2, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.27%, the 69th percentile. Fixed in borgbackup 1.0.9-1.
References
borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/stable/changes.html
securityfocus.com/bid/95205
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10099
github.com/advisories/GHSA-rpmm-8crc-6fm8
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-10099
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-10099