CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-36370
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2021-08-30
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-287
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.
Affected configurations
• midnight-commander midnight commander (<= 4.8.26)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-287 Improper Authentication weakness
References
- https://docs.ssh-mitm.at/CVE-2021-36370.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/MidnightCommander/mc/blob/5c1d3c55dd15356ec7d079084d904b7b0fd58d3e/src/vfs/sftpfs/connection.c#L484 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/MidnightCommander/mc/blob/master/src/vfs/sftpfs/connection.c Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://mail.gnome.org/archives/mc-devel/2021-August/msg00008.html Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://midnight-commander.org/ Vendor Advisory
- https://sourceforge.net/projects/mcwin32/files/ Product, Third Party Advisory
- https://docs.ssh-mitm.at/CVE-2021-36370.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/MidnightCommander/mc/blob/5c1d3c55dd15356ec7d079084d904b7b0fd58d3e/src/vfs/sftpfs/connection.c#L484 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/MidnightCommander/mc/blob/master/src/vfs/sftpfs/connection.c Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://mail.gnome.org/archives/mc-devel/2021-August/msg00008.html Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://midnight-commander.org/ Vendor Advisory
- https://sourceforge.net/projects/mcwin32/files/ Product, Third Party Advisory