CVE-2026-105217
LOWCVSS 3.1Description
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.
Timeline
Published:October 4th, 2026 6:16 PM
Last modified:October 5th, 2026 2:17 PM
CVSS Scoring
CVSS v3: 3.1 (LOW)
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses (CWE)
References & Reports
Advisories, patches, and third-party reports
- 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
Source: NIST NVD · Data may lag official sources by up to one minute