CVE-2013-4436

N/A Unknown
Published: November 05, 2013 Modified: April 29, 2026
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Description

The default configuration for salt-ssh in Salt (aka SaltStack) 0.17.0 does not validate the SSH host key of requests, which allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://docs.saltstack.com/topics/releases/0.17.1.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://docs.saltstack.com/topics/releases/0.17.1.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/18/3
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

4 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.7%
72th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

saltstack