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CVE-2023-36811

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-36811 is a medium-severity cryptographic authentication flaw in borgbackup, an open-source deduplicating archiver. An attacker with write access to the repository and the ability to insert files into backups could potentially fake archives, leading to indirect data loss. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.7 (Medium) due to its local attack vector and high integrity impact, though it does not disclose plaintext. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed on the KEV catalog.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.2.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:borgbackup:borg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

4.7MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.0
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.11%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
1.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0011 is in the 16th percentile among its peer group of 1,297 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.4 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: borgbackupFixed in: 1.2.5

Vendor Advisories (1)

pipGHSA-8fjr-hghr-4m99medium

Archive spoofing vulnerability in borgbackup

Aug 30, 2023

References

github.com / borgbackup/borg/blob/1.2.5-cvedocs/docs/changes.rst
Third Party Advisory
github.com / borgbackup/borg/commit/3eb070191da10c2d3f7bc6484cf3d51c3045f884
Patch
github.com / borgbackup/borg/security/advisories/GHSA-8fjr-hghr-4m99
Vendor Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/[email protected]/message/5Q3OHXERTU547SEQ3YREZXHOCYNLVD63
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/[email protected]/message/XOZDFIYEBIOKSIEAXUJJJFUJTAJ7TF3C
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/[email protected]/message/ZUCQSMAWOJBCRGF6XPKEZ2TPGAPNKIWV