
CVE catalog
CVE-2026-93853
Unverified ownership in Barman snapshot backup deletion allows a principal who can write the backup catalog to cause Barman to delete unrelated cloud snapshots. When a snapshot backup is deleted, eith
- Severity
- High · CVSS 7.2
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - Published
- Updated
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.21% · Oct 25, 2026
Unverified ownership in Barman snapshot backup deletion allows a principal who can write the backup catalog to cause Barman to delete unrelated cloud snapshots. When a snapshot backup is deleted, either explicitly or by retention policy enforcement, Barman reads the snapshot identifiers from the backup.info file and passes them to the cloud provider's delete API using Barman's own credentials, without verifying that the snapshots belong to that backup. An attacker who can overwrite backup.info but lacks snapshot delete permissions can substitute the identifiers of other snapshots, causing Barman to delete any snapshot its cloud identity can reach on AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud. Exploitation requires a deployment where the principal that writes the backup catalog is separate from the identity Barman uses to delete snapshots. Barman versions from 3.4.0 (Google Cloud), 3.6.0 (Azure), and 3.7.0 (AWS) up to and including 3.20.0 are affected. The issue is fixed in Barman 3.20.1.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | barman | sid | 3.20.1-1 | fixed |
| Debian | barman | forky | 3.20.1-1 | fixed |
| Debian | barman | trixie | 3.13.3-1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | barman | bookworm | 3.4.0-1 | vulnerable |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | barman | source | sid | 3.20.1-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | barman | source | forky | 3.20.1-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | barman | source | trixie | (unfixed) | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | barman | source | bookworm | (unfixed) | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
Notes
[trixie] barman: Minor issue [bookworm] barman: Minor issue; GCP snapshot backups only, needs a separate catalog writer
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [barman]Affected
Details (2)
3.4.0-1· all · bookwormAffected
nvd · barman · debian · bookworm; nvd · barman · debian · 12
3.4.0-1· all · bookwormAffected
nvd · barman · debian · bookworm; nvd · barman · debian · 12
- [barman-cli]Affected
Source package: [barman]
Details (2)
3.4.0-1· all · bookwormAffected
nvd · barman · debian · bookworm; nvd · barman · debian · 12
3.4.0-1· all · bookwormAffected
nvd · barman · debian · bookworm; nvd · barman · debian · 12
- [barman-cli-cloud]Affected
Source package: [barman]
Details (2)
3.4.0-1· all · bookwormAffected
nvd · barman · debian · bookworm; nvd · barman · debian · 12
3.4.0-1· all · bookwormAffected
nvd · barman · debian · bookworm; nvd · barman · debian · 12
- [python3-barman]Affected
Source package: [barman]
Details (2)
3.4.0-1· all · bookwormAffected
nvd · barman · debian · bookworm; nvd · barman · debian · 12
3.4.0-1· all · bookwormAffected
nvd · barman · debian · bookworm; nvd · barman · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [barman]Affected
Details (2)
3.13.3-1· all · trixieAffected
nvd · barman · debian · 13
3.13.3-1· all · trixieAffected
nvd · barman · debian · 13
- [barman-cli]Affected
Source package: [barman]
Details (2)
3.13.3-1· all · trixieAffected
nvd · barman · debian · 13
3.13.3-1· all · trixieAffected
nvd · barman · debian · 13
- [barman-cli-cloud]Affected
Source package: [barman]
Details (2)
3.13.3-1· all · trixieAffected
nvd · barman · debian · 13
3.13.3-1· all · trixieAffected
nvd · barman · debian · 13
- [python3-barman]Affected
Source package: [barman]
Details (2)
3.13.3-1· all · trixieAffected
nvd · barman · debian · 13
3.13.3-1· all · trixieAffected
nvd · barman · debian · 13
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