TI-2013-03889 Aliases CVE-2013-4436 GHSA-f22j-37jj-cxw9

The default configuration for salt-ssh in Salt (aka SaltStack) 0.17.0 does not validate…

MEDIUM 44CWE-20Published 2013-11-05 · Updated 2024-09-16

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity: Medium
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Complete · Complete · Complete
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01824 78th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed salt (PyPI): 0.17.1

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA
—	salt (PyPI)	0.17.0 to before 0.17.1	0.17.1	Patch available	GHSA-f22j-37jj-cxw9

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
salt (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 0.17.0 to before 0.17.1 Fixed in 0.17.1 Patch available GHSA-f22j-37jj-cxw9

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.17.0:::::::*	0.17.0	Vulnerable	SaltStack

cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.17.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.17.0 Vulnerable ·SaltStack

Remediation

Fix · GHSA-f22j-37jj-cxw9 salt (PyPI) Fixed in 0.17.1 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 1 product

Red Hat

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2013-4436
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-f22j-37jj-cxw9

References

Patch 1

http://docs.saltstack.com/topics/releases/0.17.1.html

Advisory 1

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4436

Other 3

TI-2020-12851 An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt through 3002. KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2020-09349 An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 2019.2.4 and 3000 before 3000.2. KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2021-07530 An issue was discovered in through SaltStack Salt before 3002.5. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2020-09350 An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 2019.2.4 and 3000 before 3000.2. KEVCVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
TI-2021-07531 An issue was discovered in through SaltStack Salt before 3002.5. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
TI-2021-12769 Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Saltstack v.3003 and before allows attacker to execute… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8

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Sources

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