9.3

CVE-2013-4436: saltstack salt Improper Input Validation

CVSS: 9.3v2.0HighModified
AliasesGHSA-f22j-37jj-cxw9PYSEC-2013-26UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4436
Published 05-11-2013Last modified 16-09-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2013-4436 is a high (CVSS 9.3) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in saltstack salt. EPSS estimates a 1.82% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.3/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.82%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 05-11-2013
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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 metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 3 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.82%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

78%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.82% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.82%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

PyPI1 product
  • salt≥ 0.17.0, < 0.17.1
Saltstack1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • salt< 0.17.5+ds-1

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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