CVE-2020-36969

See a problem?
Please try reporting it to the source first.
Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-36969
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-36969.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2020-36969
Downstream
Published
2026-01-28T18:16:47.317Z
Modified
2026-03-14T10:30:23.215036Z
Severity
  • 8.7 (High) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Git /

Affected ranges

Database specific

unresolved_ranges 
[
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "3.7.4"
            }
        ]
    }
]
source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-36969.json"