CVE-2021-36370
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-08-30 18:37
Modified
2024-08-04 00:54
Severity ?
Summary
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.
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