CVE-2025-31160 json
atop through 2.11.0 allows local users to cause a denial of service (e.g., assertion failure and application exit) or possibly have unspeci…
published 2025-03-26 19 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2025-8259
- cvss
- 2.9
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.2%
- EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 12%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
atop through 2.11.0 allows local users to cause a denial of service (e.g., assertion failure and application exit) or possibly have unspecified other impact by running certain types of unprivileged processes while a different user runs atop.
Patch / fix
- atop Debian 12 2.8.1-1+deb12u1
- atop Debian 14, Debian 13 2.11.1-1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2025-31160
- atop openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.11.1-1.1
opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2025:14945-1
- atop Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +1 more 2.11.1-r0
alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2025-31160
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- atop CBL-Mariner 2.0 2.6.0-10
- atop Azure Linux 3.0 2.9.0-2
azure linux advisories AZL-59270AZL-59278
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Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2025-31160 updated cvss 2.9
atop: denial of service in atop
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Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat productsnot affected: vulnerable code not present
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CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 19 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 12% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 2.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
Affected products
- atop project atop
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-617 Reachable Assertion
References
- rachelbythebay.com /w/2025/03/26/atop/
- news.ycombinator.com /item?id=43485980
- news.ycombinator.com /item?id=43477057
- github.com /Atoptool/atop
- blog.bismuth.sh /blog/bismuth-found-the-atop-bug
- openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2025/03/26/3
- openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2025/03/27/1
- openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2025/03/27/2
- openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2025/03/27/3
- openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2025/03/29/1
- lists.debian.org /debian-lts-announce/2025/04/msg00013.html
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2025-31160
- NVD CVE-2025-31160
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CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.