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monit — security advisory
M/Monit 3.7.4 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability that allows authenticated users to modify user permissions by manipulating the admin parameter. Attackers can send a POST request to the /api/1/admin/users/update endpoint with a crafted payload to grant administrative access to a standard user account.
- Products
- monit
- Affected versions
- 1:5.14-2, 1:5.15-1, 1:5.15-2, 1:5.15-3, 1:5.16-1, 1:5.16-2, 1:5.16-2ubuntu0.1, 1:5.16-2ubuntu0.2, 1:5.16-2ubuntu0.2+esm1, 1:5.16-2ubuntu0.2+esm2, 1:5.23.0-2, 1:5.23.0-4, 1:5.25.1-1, 1:5.25.1-1build1, 1:5.25.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1, 1:5.25.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm2, 1:5.26.0-1build1, 1:5.26.0-2, 1:5.26.0-3, 1:5.26.0-4, 1:5.26.0-4ubuntu0.1~esm1, 1:5.27.2-1, 1:5.29.0-5, 1:5.29.0-5build1, 1:5.30.0-1, 1:5.31.0-1, 1:5.31.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1, 1:5.33.0-1, 1:5.33.0-2, 1:5.33.0-2build1, 1:5.33.0-2build2, 1:5.34.3-1, 1:5.35.2-1, 1:5.35.2-3, 1:5.5.1-1, 1:5.6-1, 1:5.6-2, 1:5.6-2ubuntu0.1, 1:5.6-2ubuntu0.1+esm2, 1:5.6-2ubuntu0.1+esm3, 1:6.0.0-1
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2020-36969
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 00:52 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
M/Monit 3.7.4 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability that allows authenticated users to modify user permissions by manipulating the admin parameter. Attackers can send a POST request to the /api/1/admin/users/update endpoint with a crafted payload to grant administrative access to a standard user account.
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2020-36969
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Complete source record
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