UBUNTU-CVE-2020-36968

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-36968
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-36968.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-36968
Upstream
Published
2026-01-28T18:16:00Z
Modified
2026-04-27T16:37:49.181764Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • 7.1 (High) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

M/Monit 3.7.4 contains an authentication vulnerability that allows authenticated attackers to retrieve user password hashes through an administrative API endpoint. Attackers can send requests to the /api/1/admin/users/list and /api/1/admin/users/get endpoints to extract MD5 password hashes for all users.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
monit

Package

Name
monit
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/monit@1:5.33.0-2build2?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1:5.*
1:5.33.0-1
1:5.33.0-2
1:5.33.0-2build1
1:5.33.0-2build2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1:5.33.0-2build2",
            "binary_name": "monit"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-36968.json"
Ubuntu:25.10
monit

Package

Name
monit
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/monit@1:5.35.2-1?arch=source&distro=questing

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1:5.*
1:5.34.3-1
1:5.35.2-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1:5.35.2-1",
            "binary_name": "monit"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-36968.json"
Ubuntu:26.04
monit

Package

Name
monit
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/monit@1:5.35.2-3?arch=source&distro=resolute

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1:5.*
1:5.35.2-1
1:5.35.2-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1:5.35.2-3",
            "binary_name": "monit"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-36968.json"
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS
monit

Package

Name
monit
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/monit@1:5.6-2ubuntu0.1+esm3?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1:5.*
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

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1:5.6-2ubuntu0.1+esm3",
            "binary_name": "monit"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-36968.json"
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS
monit

Package

Name
monit
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/monit@1:5.16-2ubuntu0.2+esm2?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1:5.*
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

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1:5.16-2ubuntu0.2+esm2",
            "binary_name": "monit"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-36968.json"
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS
monit

Package

Name
monit
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/monit@1:5.25.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm2?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1:5.*
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

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1:5.25.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm2",
            "binary_name": "monit"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-36968.json"
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS
monit

Package

Name
monit
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/monit@1:5.26.0-4ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1:5.*
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

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1:5.26.0-4ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "monit"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-36968.json"
Ubuntu:Pro:22.04:LTS
monit

Package

Name
monit
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/monit@1:5.31.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1:5.*
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

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1:5.31.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "monit"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-36968.json"