{"id":"GHSA-f22j-37jj-cxw9","summary":"SaltStack MITM SSH attack in salt-ssh","details":"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.","aliases":["CVE-2013-4436","PYSEC-2013-26"],"modified":"2024-10-26T22:37:33Z","published":"2022-05-17T04:58:29Z","database_specific":{"severity":"HIGH","github_reviewed":true,"github_reviewed_at":"2024-05-01T11:18:38Z","nvd_published_at":"2013-11-05T18:55:00Z","cwe_ids":["CWE-20"]},"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4436"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/salt/PYSEC-2013-26.yaml"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/saltstack/salt"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://docs.saltstack.com/topics/releases/0.17.1.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/18/3"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"salt","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/salt"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0.17.0"},{"fixed":"0.17.1"}]}],"versions":["0.17.0"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/05/GHSA-f22j-37jj-cxw9/GHSA-f22j-37jj-cxw9.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"},{"type":"CVSS_V4","score":"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"}]}