[devmor]

It could also be any number of other things too, like it's severe enough that the author feels its responsible to wait for mitigation efforts before disclosing anything about the issue that could lead to it being exploited.

[lolinder]

The existence and phrasing of this post implies that the author doesn't trust the atop developers to fix anything in a timely manner if at all.

[devmor]

The developers don't necessarily have to be the ones working on mitigation efforts.