CVE-2026-91784

MEDIUMPre-NVD 4.84.8—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This medium-severity CVE scores 4.8 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.2% (3rd percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs). GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: epss, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
4.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.2%CVSS: 4.8Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

No fix is confirmed yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for the fix.

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.

CVSS v3
4.8
EG Score
4.8MEDIUMmedium confidence
EG Risk
22
EG Risk 22/100CISA SSVC

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity48% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA SSVC: Track at every mission impact level.
Action: No fix is confirmed yet. Restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation within your standard update timelines, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix.
EPSS PROB
0.2%
EPSS %ILE
3rd
KEV
Not listed

CISA SSVCTrack at every mission impact level.

No fix is confirmed yet. Restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation within your standard update timelines, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix.

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table

Published

October 2, 2026

Last Modified

October 2, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Oct 2, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

GitHub - cjbassi/gotop: A terminal based graphical activity monitor inspired by gtop and vtop · GitHub

https://github.com/cjbassi/gotop
generic

Vulnerability in gotop software | CERT Polska

https://cert.pl/en/posts/2026/10/CVE-2026-91784

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-91784(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 11× in last 7d / 11× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-10-03 19:08 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-10-03 19:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-10-02 19:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-10-02 18:20 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-10-02 18:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-10-02 18:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-10-02 17:47 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-10-02 17:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-10-02 09:17 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-10-02 08:53 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-10-02 08:50 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-91784?
CVE-2026-91784 is a medium vulnerability published on October 2, 2026. 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…
When was CVE-2026-91784 disclosed?
CVE-2026-91784 was first published on October 2, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-91784 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-91784 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (3rd percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-91784?
CVE-2026-91784 has a CVSS base score of 4.8 (a secondary CVSS source that NVD displays; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-91784?
No fix for CVE-2026-91784 is confirmed yet. Until one is published, restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation — for example, keep it off the internet or limit it to trusted networks — and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-91784 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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