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.
When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midnight_commander | Midnight-commander | * | 4.8.26 (including) |
| Mc | Ubuntu | bionic | * |
| Mc | Ubuntu | esm-apps/bionic | * |
| Mc | Ubuntu | esm-apps/focal | * |
| Mc | Ubuntu | esm-apps/xenial | * |
| Mc | Ubuntu | focal | * |
| Mc | Ubuntu | hirsute | * |
| Mc | Ubuntu | impish | * |
| Mc | Ubuntu | jammy | * |
| Mc | Ubuntu | trusty | * |
| Mc | Ubuntu | trusty/esm | * |
| Mc | Ubuntu | upstream | * |
| Mc | Ubuntu | xenial | * |