CVE-2016-7067
Monit before version 5.20.0 is vulnerable to a cross site request forgery attack. Successful...
CVE-2016-7067 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Mmonit Monit, published November 14, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.88%, the 59th percentile. Fixed in monit 1:5.20.0-1.
Monit before version 5.20.0 is vulnerable to a cross site request forgery attack. Successful exploitation will enable an attacker to disable/enable all monitoring for a particular host or disable/enable monitoring for a specific service.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Monit before version 5.20.0 is vulnerable to a cross site request forgery attack. Successful exploitation will enable an attacker to disable/enable all monitoring for a particular host or disable/enable monitoring for a specific service.
- Record
CVE-2016-7067- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-352
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-7947
Monit before version 5.20.0 is vulnerable to a cross site request forgery attack. Successful exploitation will enable an attacker to disable/enable all monitoring for a particular host or disable/enable monitoring for a specific service.
- Record
EUVD-2016-7947- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-62rw-754v-xcw2
Monit before version 5.20.0 is vulnerable to a cross site request forgery attack. Successful...
Monit before version 5.20.0 is vulnerable to a cross site request forgery attack. Successful exploitation will enable an attacker to disable/enable all monitoring for a particular host or disable/enable monitoring for a specific service.
- Record
GHSA-62rw-754v-xcw2- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-352
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Monit before version 5.20.0 is vulnerable to a cross site request forgery attack. Successful exploitation will enable an attacker to disable/enable all monitoring for a particular host or disable/enable monitoring for a specific service.
- Record
CVE-2016-7067- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L - CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-352
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Monit before version 5.20.0 is vulnerable to a cross site request forgery attack. Successful exploitation will enable an attacker to disable/enable all monitoring for a particular host or disable/enable monitoring for a specific service.
- Record
CVE-2016-7067- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2016-7067
Monit before version 5.20.0 is vulnerable to a cross site request forgery attack. Successful exploitation will enable an attacker to disable/enable all monitoring for a particular host or disable/enable monitoring for a specific service.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2016-7067- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2016-7067
Monit before version 5.20.0 is vulnerable to a cross site request forgery attack. Successful exploitation will enable an attacker to disable/enable all monitoring for a particular host or disable/enable monitoring for a specific service.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7067- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2016-0375 No score
Updated monit packages fix security vulnerability
The forms in Monit's Service Manager are vulnerable to a cross site request forgery attack. Successful exploitation will enable an attacker to disable/enable all monitoring for a particular host, disable/enable monitoring for a specific service (CVE-2016-7067).
- Record
MGASA-2016-0375- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10275-1 No score
monit-5.20.0-1.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the monit-5.20.0-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10275-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
monitDebian:12 |
before 1:5.20.0-1 | 1:5.20.0-1 |
monitDebian:13 |
before 1:5.20.0-1 | 1:5.20.0-1 |
monitDebian:14 |
before 1:5.20.0-1 | 1:5.20.0-1 |
monitDebian:7 |
before 1:5.4-2+deb7u1, plus listed versions 1:5.4-2 |
1:5.4-2+deb7u1 |
monitMageia:5 |
before 5.20.0-1.mga5 | 5.20.0-1.mga5 |
monitUbuntu:14.04:LTS |
before 1:5.6-2ubuntu0.1, plus listed versions 1:5.5.1-11:5.6-11:5.6-2 |
1:5.6-2ubuntu0.1 |
monitUbuntu:16.04:LTS |
before 1:5.16-2ubuntu0.1, plus listed versions 1:5.14-21:5.15-11:5.15-21:5.15-31:5.16-11:5.16-2 |
1:5.16-2ubuntu0.1 |
monitopenSUSE:Tumbleweed |
before 5.20.0-1.1 | 5.20.0-1.1 |
History
| When | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-03 | aliases | EUVD |
| 2026-11-02 | created | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
References
securityfocus.com/bid/93953
seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q4/267
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-7067
bitbucket.org/tildeslash/monit/commits/c6ec3820e627f85417053e6336de2987f2d863e3?at=master
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7067
github.com/advisories/GHSA-62rw-754v-xcw2
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security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-7067
advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0375.html
bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19674
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/27/17
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7067
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7067
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3566