Arbitrary Command Injection Affecting borgmatic package, versions [,2.1.0)
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- published2 Feb 2026
- disclosed1 Feb 2026
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 1 Feb 2026
CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-77 (opens in a new tab)Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) is a category system for software weaknesses
How to fix?
Upgrade borgmatic to version 2.1.0 or higher.
Overview
borgmatic is a Simple, configuration-driven backup software for servers and workstations
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Command Injection via the command hook interpolation logic in borgmatic. An attacker can execute arbitrary shell commands by supplying crafted user-controlled values that are interpolated into command hooks without proper escaping, allowing shell metacharacters to be interpreted during command execution.