CVE-2025-31160
Publication date 26 March 2025
Last updated 11 July 2025
Ubuntu priority
Description
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.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| atop | 25.10 questing |
Needs evaluation
|
| 25.04 plucky |
Needs evaluation
|
|
| 24.04 LTS noble |
Vulnerable
|
|
| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Vulnerable
|
|
| 20.04 LTS focal |
Vulnerable
|
|
| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Vulnerable
|
|
| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Vulnerable
|
|
| 14.04 LTS trusty |
Vulnerable
|
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score |
2.9 · Low
|
| Attack vector | Local |
| Attack complexity | High |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity impact | None |
| Availability impact | Low |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
References
Other references
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-31160
- https://rachelbythebay.com/w/2025/03/26/atop/
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/03/26/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/03/26/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/03/27/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/03/27/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/03/27/3
- https://github.com/Atoptool/atop
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43477057
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43485980