CVE-2021-36370 — Improper Authentication in Midnight Commander

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication6 documents6 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
1.1%
top 22.41%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
8
Debian MCMidnight-commander Midnight CommanderMsrc Cbl2 MC 4.8.27-1 ON CBL Mariner 2.0+5 more
Timeline
PublishedAug 30
Latest updateAug 9

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages8 packages

▶debiandebian/mc< mc 3:4.8.27-1 (bookworm)

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-j8px-qjm3-fx72: An issue was discovered in Midnight Commander through 4↗2022-05-24
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OSV
CVE-2021-36370: An issue was discovered in Midnight Commander through 4↗2021-08-30
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Ubuntu
Midnight Commander vulnerability↗2022-08-09
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Microsoft
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 se↗2021-08-10
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Debian
CVE-2021-36370: mc - An issue was discovered in Midnight Commander through 4.8.26. When establishing ...↗2021
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