CVE-2021-36370

high

Description

An issue was discovered in Midnight Commander through 4.8.26. When establishing an SFTP connection, the fingerprint of the server is neither checked nor displayed. As a result, a user connects to the server without the ability to verify its authenticity.

References

https://sourceforge.net/projects/mcwin32/files/

https://midnight-commander.org/

https://mail.gnome.org/archives/mc-devel/2021-August/msg00008.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2021-08-30

Updated: 2021-09-08

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: High