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.
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/18/3
http://docs.saltstack.com/topics/releases/0.17.1.html
Source: Mitre, NVD
Published: 2013-11-05
Updated: 2024-11-21
Base Score: 9.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Severity: High
Base Score: 8.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H