An issue was discovered in ssl.c in Axel before 2.17.8. The TLS implementation lacks hostname verification.
https://github.com/axel-download-accelerator/axel/releases/tag/v2.17.8
https://github.com/axel-download-accelerator/axel/issues/262
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00010.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00006.html