{"cve":"CVE-2013-4436","nvd":{"published":"2013-11-05T18:55:04.837","modified":"2026-06-16T23:57:13.637","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-20"],"references":["http://docs.saltstack.com/topics/releases/0.17.1.html","http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/18/3","http://docs.saltstack.com/topics/releases/0.17.1.html","http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/18/3"],"products":["saltstack:salt"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:30:15.895642412+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2013-4436","score":0.01824,"percentile":0.78795,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-f22j-37jj-cxw9","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-f22j-37jj-cxw9","summary":"SaltStack MITM SSH attack in salt-ssh","modified":"2024-10-26T22:37:33Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"salt","purl":"pkg:pypi/salt","ranges":[">=0.17.0 <0.17.1"],"fixed":["0.17.1"]}]},{"id":"PYSEC-2013-26","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2013-26","summary":"","modified":"2026-06-10T17:02:35.821555732Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"salt","purl":"pkg:pypi/salt","ranges":[">=0.17.0 <0.17.1"],"fixed":["0.17.1"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}