Is CVE-2013-4436 being actively exploited?

CVE-2013-4436 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2013-4436?

CVE-2013-4436 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 9.3 (HIGH).

CVE-2013-4436

HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 1.8%EU EUVD

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.

Key facts

CVSS score: 9.3 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-20
EPSS score: 1.8% (79th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2013-0038)
Published: November 5, 2013
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2013-0038 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on September 16, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

saltstack / salt

References

http://docs.saltstack.com/topics/releases/0.17.1.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/18/3

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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