ELA-906-1 monit security update

authentication bypass

2023-07-30
Packagemonit
Version1:5.9-1+deb8u3 (jessie), 1:5.20.0-6+deb9u3 (stretch)
Related CVEs CVE-2022-26563


Youssef Rebahi-Gilbert discovered that users with disabled accounts but with a valid password can login to Monit, a utility for monitoring and managing daemons or similar programs, due to a flaw in the PAM authentication check.



For Debian 8 jessie, these problems have been fixed in version 1:5.9-1+deb8u3.

For Debian 9 stretch, these problems have been fixed in version 1:5.20.0-6+deb9u3.

We recommend that you upgrade your monit packages.

Further information about Extended LTS security advisories can be found in the dedicated section of our website.