Low severity · published Oct 4, 2026
CVE-2026-105217
Cockpit CMS 2.12.0 before 2.14.1 Disabled TLS Verification via cron.php
3.1
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Adjacent
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 1% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CO
cockpit · cockpit-hq
2.12.0 before 2.14.1 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-105217
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-105217
issue-tracking
https://github.com/Cockpit-HQ/Cockpit/issues/318
patch
https://github.com/Cockpit-HQ/Cockpit/commit/c611492adc17362578faa97f9c30b41e6c16e040
technical-description
https://github.com/Cockpit-HQ/Cockpit/blob/2.14.0/cron.php#L70-L102
product
https://github.com/Cockpit-HQ/Cockpit
third-party-advisory
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/cockpit-cms-2.12.0-before-2.14.1-disabled-tls-verification-via-cron-php
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