CVE-2013-4436
highpriority · track · 38EPSS 0.018 · 79 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
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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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
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affected products (3)
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advisories (2)
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- GHSA-f22j-37jj-cxw9SaltStack MITM SSH attack in salt-ssh2022-05-17ghsa · osvUS
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.
- PYSEC-2013-262013-11-05vendor · osvUS
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 (7)
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- http://docs.saltstack.com/topics/releases/0.17.1.htmlcnnvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/18/3cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/63239cnnvd
- http://docs.saltstack.com/topics/releases/0.17.1.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/18/3enisa_euvd
- http://docs.saltstack.com/topics/releases/0.17.1.htmlPatchVendor Advisorynvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/18/3nvd
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