VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2013-4436

CVSS score9.3 HIGH
EPSS probability1.82%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2013-11-05
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

Primary references