CVE-2013-4436
N/A
Published: November 5, 2013 at 06:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:57 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorSalt
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (2)
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://docs.saltstack.com/topics/releases/0.17.1.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/18/3Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20
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