CVE-2016-10100
Borg (aka BorgBackup) before 1.0.9 has a flaw in the way duplicate archive names were processed...
CVE-2016-10100 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Borg, published January 2, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.09%, the 65th percentile. Fixed in borgbackup 1.0.9-1.
Borg (aka BorgBackup) before 1.0.9 has a flaw in the way duplicate archive names were processed during manifest recovery, potentially allowing an attacker to overwrite an archive.
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 way duplicate archive names were processed during manifest recovery, potentially allowing an attacker to overwrite an archive.
- Record
CVE-2016-10100- 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-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Borg (aka BorgBackup) before 1.0.9 has a flaw in the way duplicate archive names were processed during manifest recovery, potentially allowing an attacker to overwrite an archive.
- Record
CVE-2016-10100- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-1291 No score
Borg (aka BorgBackup) before 1.0.9 has a flaw in the way duplicate archive names were processed during manifest recovery, potentially allowing an attacker to overwrite an archive.
- Record
EUVD-2016-1291- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-7rm7-q7fq-4mq4
Borg (aka BorgBackup) before 1.0.9 has a flaw in the way duplicate archive names were processed...
Borg (aka BorgBackup) before 1.0.9 has a flaw in the way duplicate archive names were processed during manifest recovery, potentially allowing an attacker to overwrite an archive.
- Record
GHSA-7rm7-q7fq-4mq4- 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 - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Borg (aka BorgBackup) before 1.0.9 has a flaw in the way duplicate archive names were processed during manifest recovery, potentially allowing an attacker to overwrite an archive.
- Record
CVE-2016-10100- 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-2016-10100
Borg (aka BorgBackup) before 1.0.9 has a flaw in the way duplicate archive names were processed during manifest recovery, potentially allowing an attacker to overwrite an archive.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10100- 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
| When | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-03 | aliases | EUVD |
| 2026-11-02 | created | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
References
borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/stable/changes.html
securityfocus.com/bid/95203
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10100
github.com/advisories/GHSA-7rm7-q7fq-4mq4
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-10100
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-10099