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backintime — security advisory
common/snapshots.py in Back In Time (aka backintime) 0.9.26 changes certain permissions to 0777 before deleting the files in an old backup snapshot, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading these files, or interfere with backup integrity by modifying files that are shared across snapshots.
- Products
- backintime
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 0.9.26-3
- CVEs
- CVE-2009-3611
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 23:59 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
common/snapshots.py in Back In Time (aka backintime) 0.9.26 changes certain permissions to 0777 before deleting the files in an old backup snapshot, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading these files, or interfere with backup integrity by modifying files that are shared across snapshots.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2009-3611
backintime
Fixed versions: 0.9.26-3
backintime
Fixed versions: 0.9.26-3
backintime
Fixed versions: 0.9.26-3
Complete source record
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"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-3611",
"method": "structured",
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"summary": "common/snapshots.py in Back In Time (aka backintime) 0.9.26 changes certain permissions to 0777 before deleting the files in an old backup snapshot, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading these files, or interfere with backup integrity by modifying files that are shared across snapshots.",
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"modified": "2026-10-23T18:02:38.919283468Z",
"provider": "osv",
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"security_relevant": true,
"severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
},
"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 419610,
"published_at": "2009-10-26T16:30:00.89+00:00"
}