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procps-ng before version 3.3.15 is vulnerable to a local privilege escalation in top. If a user runs top with HOME unset in an attacker-controlled directory, the attacker could achieve privilege escalation by exploiting one of several vulnerabilities in the config_file() function.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade procps-ngUpgrade procps-ng-develUpgrade procps-ng-debuginfoUpgrade procps-ng-i18n | Apr 27, 2020 | May 23, 2018 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade procps-ng-debuginfoUpgrade procps-ng-i18nUpgrade procps-ngUpgrade procps-ng-devel | Aug 28, 2019 | May 23, 2018 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade procps | May 24, 2018 | May 22, 2018 |
| F5 Big Ip | — | Update F5 BIG-IP to the latest version | Jun 17, 2026 | Dec 29, 2020 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade sys-process/procps. | May 31, 2018 | May 23, 2018 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2 | — | Upgrade procps-ng | Jul 23, 2018 | May 23, 2018 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp3 | — | Upgrade procps-ng | Aug 10, 2018 | May 23, 2018 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade shell/watch to version 3.3.15-11.4.18.0.1.1.0 on Solaris 11.4 | Jan 19, 2021 | May 23, 2018 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade procps-ngUpgrade procps-ng-i18nUpgrade procps-ng-devel | Jul 21, 2020 | May 17, 2018 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade procps-ng-i18nUpgrade procps-ng-develUpgrade procps-ng-debuginfoUpgrade procps-ngNo solution exists | Aug 7, 2019 | May 23, 2018 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade procpsUpgrade procps-develUpgrade libprocps7Upgrade libprocps3 | Jun 29, 2018 | May 22, 2018 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade libprocps6Upgrade libprocps3Upgrade procpsUpgrade libprocps4 | Jun 1, 2018 | May 22, 2018 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jan 20, 2025 | May 23, 2018 |
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