What is CVE-2016-10100?

CVE-2016-10100 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Borg, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2017-01-02.

How severe is CVE-2016-10100?

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

Improper input validation in Borg

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.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

EPSS: 0.011 (61.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Borg
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-10100?: CVE-2016-10100 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Borg, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2017-01-02.
How severe is CVE-2016-10100?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.