CVE-2021-36370
Estado: ModificadaAlta (7.5)—
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
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- Puntuación base: 7.5
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 1.99%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 80
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-287
Referencias
- https://docs.ssh-mitm.at/CVE-2021-36370.html
- https://github.com/MidnightCommander/mc/blob/5c1d3c55dd15356ec7d079084d904b7b0fd58d3e/src/vfs/sftpfs/connection.c#L484
- https://github.com/MidnightCommander/mc/blob/master/src/vfs/sftpfs/connection.c
- https://mail.gnome.org/archives/mc-devel/2021-August/msg00008.html
- https://midnight-commander.org/
- https://sourceforge.net/projects/mcwin32/files/
- https://docs.ssh-mitm.at/CVE-2021-36370.html
- https://github.com/MidnightCommander/mc/blob/5c1d3c55dd15356ec7d079084d904b7b0fd58d3e/src/vfs/sftpfs/connection.c#L484
- https://github.com/MidnightCommander/mc/blob/master/src/vfs/sftpfs/connection.c
- https://mail.gnome.org/archives/mc-devel/2021-August/msg00008.html
- https://midnight-commander.org/
- https://sourceforge.net/projects/mcwin32/files/
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