CVE-2008-5124: Jscape Secure FTP Applet

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 1.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

JSCAPE Secure FTP Applet 4.8.0 and earlier does not ask the user to verify a new or mismatched SSH host key, which makes it easier for remote attackers to perform man-in-the-middle attacks.

Affected products

• Jscape Secure FTP Applet: up to and including 4.8.0; version 1.1 only; version 1.2 only; version 1.3 only; version 1.4 only; version 1.5 only; …

Published 2008-11-18. Last modified 2026-06-16.