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CVE-2026-91784NVD

Vulnerability Summary

cjbassi/gotop is vulnerable to local argument injection via process termination functionality. The process name is passed directly to pkill without sanitization. A local attacker can create a process with a crafted name beginning with -- (e.g. containing a target user's UID). When the user running gotop invokes the kill feature on that process, pkill interprets the crafted name as a command-line option, terminating all processes owned by the targeted user.




















Product is no longer actively supported and the vulnerabilities have not been fixed. Vulnerability was confirmed at version 3.0.0; other versions were not tested but may also be affected.
Severity Level
MEDIUM(4.8)
Published Date
Oct 2, 2026
Last Modified
Oct 2, 2026
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation yet
EPSS Score (30-Day)
0.15%Probability
Root Weakness (CWE)
Refer to the official MITRE database for detailed architectural specifications regarding this weakness.
CVSS v4.0 Base Metrics — Score 4.8 (MEDIUM)
Attack VectorLocal
Attack ComplexityLow
Attack RequirementsNone
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionPassive
Confidentiality (Vulnerable System)None
Integrity (Vulnerable System)None
Availability (Vulnerable System)Low
Confidentiality (Subsequent System)None
Integrity (Subsequent System)None
Availability (Subsequent System)None

Affected & Patched Versions

Affected Versions
  • cjbassi gotop >= 3.0.0
Patched Versions
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