Vulnerability in Atop Project
CVE-2025-31160
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 2.9 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.002 (8.8th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 9th percentile — 8.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Atop Project — versions 0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- rachelbythebay.com/w/2025/03/26/atop/
- news.ycombinator.com/item
- news.ycombinator.com/item
- github.com/Atoptool/atop
- blog.bismuth.sh/blog/bismuth-found-the-atop-bug
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-31160?
- CVE-2025-31160 is a low-severity vulnerability in Atop Project, classified under Reachable Assertion. CVSS score: 2.9/10. Published 2025-03-26.
- How severe is CVE-2025-31160?
- Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 2.9 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2025-31160 known to be exploited?
- 4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.