CVE-2013-4436

CriticalCVSS 9.3/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 9.3/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Nov 5, 2013
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2013-4436: Critical severity, CVSS 9.3 | Vulnix