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.

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Sun, 04 Oct 2026 19:15:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Cockpit-hq
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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.
Title Cockpit CMS 2.12.0 before 2.14.1 Disabled TLS Verification via cron.php
Weaknesses CWE-295
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 2.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-04T17:09:52.997Z

Reserved: 2026-10-04T13:04:00.478Z

Link: CVE-2026-105217

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-04T18:16:34.433

Modified: 2026-10-04T18:16:34.433

Link: CVE-2026-105217

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Updated: 2026-10-04T19:00:13Z

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