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.
Vendor
midnight-commander vulnerabilities
2 published CVES affecting midnight-commander, from public sources (CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, OSV).
- Total
- 2
- Critical
- 0
- High
- 1
- Medium
- 1
- Low
- 0
- Unscored
- 0
- CISA KEV
- 0
Products
Latest midnight-commander CVEs
Newest publication first
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HighCVSS 7.5 EPSS 2.0%
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MediumCVSS 5.1 EPSS 1.9%
Midnight Commander (mc) 4.8.5 does not properly handle the (1) MC_EXT_SELECTED or (2) MC_EXT_ONLYTAGGED environment variables when multiple files are selected, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted file name.
Sources: CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, OSV and public exploit-reference metadata. Product matching comes from the published CVE records. A proof-of-concept means public code exists; it is not evidence of exploitation.