CVE-2026-105217
LOW
NVD
CVSS Score
3.1
Severity
LOW
Published
Oct 04, 2026
Vendor
unknown
Description
Cockpit CMS 2.12.0 before 2.14.1 disables TLS certificate verification in the cron.php web worker restart request, allowing network attackers to capture the worker token. Man-in-the-middle attackers on the outbound path to site_url can present any certificate to steal the worker/web/token value and start the web worker.
References
- https://github.com/Cockpit-HQ/Cockpit
- https://github.com/Cockpit-HQ/Cockpit/blob/2.14.0/cron.php#L70-L102
- https://github.com/Cockpit-HQ/Cockpit/commit/c611492adc17362578faa97f9c30b41e6c16e040
- https://github.com/Cockpit-HQ/Cockpit/issues/318
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/cockpit-cms-2.12.0-before-2.14.1-disabled-tls-verification-via-cron-php