What is CVE-2011-3618?

CVE-2011-3618 is a high-severity vulnerability in Atop, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-11-12.

How severe is CVE-2011-3618?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Atop

CVE-2011-3618

atop: symlink attack possible due to insecure tempfile handling

Published 2019-11-12 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (32.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 33rd percentile — 32.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Atop — versions through 1.26
Atop Project
Debian Linux — versions 8.0, 9.0, 10.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-59 — Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-3618 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3618 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2011-3618?: CVE-2011-3618 is a high-severity vulnerability in Atop, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-11-12.
How severe is CVE-2011-3618?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.