Incorrect authorization in Tildeslash Monit - CVE-2022-26563

Vulnerability identifier: #VU79960

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-26563

CWE-ID: CWE-863

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote user to execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability exists due to improper PAM-authorization. A remote user can execute arbitrary code on the system.

Tildeslash Monit
Amazon Linux AMI
Fedora
Ubuntu
monit (Ubuntu package)
monit

Install updates from vendor's website.

Tildeslash Monit - update to 5.31.0
monit (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro
monit - update to 5.2.5-3.12
monit - addressed in versions 5.30.0-2.el7, 5.33.0-1.el8

• https://bitbucket.org/tildeslash/monit/commits/6ecaab1d375f33165fe98d06d92f36c949c0ea11
• https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/pam_acct_mgmt.3.html

• Incorrect authorization in Tildeslash Monit
• Amazon Linux AMI update for monit
• Ubuntu update for monit
• Fedora EPEL 8 update for monit
• Fedora EPEL 7 update for monit