What is CVE-2016-10099?

CVE-2016-10099 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Borg Project, classified under Cryptographic Issues. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2017-01-02.

How severe is CVE-2016-10099?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Borg Project

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.

Vulnerability class: POODLE (CVE-2014-3566)

Published 2017-01-02 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.012 (68.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 68th percentile — 68.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.012 · change: -0.001

Affected products

Borg Project

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-310 — Cryptographic Issues

References

borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/stable/changes.html (Mitigation, Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/95205 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-10099?: CVE-2016-10099 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Borg Project, classified under Cryptographic Issues. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2017-01-02.
How severe is CVE-2016-10099?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.