CVE-2021-36370

HIGH 7.5CVE-2021-36370 · Published 30/08/2021 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2021-36370 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting midnight commander (midnight-commander).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.0%, higher than 80.7% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
midnight commander midnight-commander	`≤ 4.8.26`	No fix yet

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

docs.ssh-mitm.at/CVE-2021-36370.html · Exploit
MidnightCommander/mc · Exploit
MidnightCommander/mc · Exploit
mail.gnome.org/archives/mc-devel/2021-August/msg00008.html · Release Notes
midnight-commander.org · Vendor Advisory
sourceforge.net/projects/mcwin32/files · Product

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