CVE-2026-105217

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.

CVSS 4.0

2.3CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS 3.1

3.1CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

EPSS

0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 0% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-295

Published

2026-10-04

Modified

2026-10-06

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

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

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