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 (6)
Core 6
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/MidnightCommander/mc/blob/master/src/vfs/sftpfs/connection.c
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/MidnightCommander/mc/blob/5c1d3c55dd15356ec7d079084d904b7b0fd58d3e/src/vfs/sftpfs/connection.c#L484
Product, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://sourceforge.net/projects/mcwin32/files/
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://midnight-commander.org/
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://docs.ssh-mitm.at/CVE-2021-36370.html
Release Notes, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://mail.gnome.org/archives/mc-devel/2021-August/msg00008.html
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0222
EPSS Percentile
80.3%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-287
Status
published
Products (1)
midnight-commander/midnight_commander
< 4.8.26
Published
Aug 30, 2021
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026