{"id":"CVE-2026-105217","title":"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","summary":"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 p…","severity":"low","cvss":3.1,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N","cwe":["CWE-295"],"vendor":"cockpit-hq","product":"cockpit","affected":["cockpit >= 2.12.0 < 2.14.1"],"published":"2026-10-04","updated":"2026-10-04","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-04T18:16:34.433","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-105217","references":[{"url":"https://github.com/Cockpit-HQ/Cockpit","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/Cockpit-HQ/Cockpit/blob/2.14.0/cron.php#L70-L102","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/Cockpit-HQ/Cockpit/commit/c611492adc17362578faa97f9c30b41e6c16e040","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/Cockpit-HQ/Cockpit/issues/318","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/cockpit-cms-2.12.0-before-2.14.1-disabled-tls-verification-via-cron-php","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-04T18:02:47.902Z","slug":"CVE-2026-105217","body":"## Overview\n\nCockpit 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.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":17,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":17.1,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}