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.

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AZL-6678 CVE-2021-36370 affecting package mc for versions less than 4.8.27-1

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...