CVE-2013-4436
SaltStack MITM SSH attack in salt-ssh
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.71%
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.
How to fix CVE-2013-4436
To remediate CVE-2013-4436, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- PyPI/salt—upgrade to 0.17.1 or later
- —upgrade to 0.17.1 or later
Is CVE-2013-4436 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.7%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- >= 0.17.0, < 0.17.1
- >= 0.17.0, < 0.17.1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |