CVE-2026-105217
Published:October 04, 2026
Updated:October 13, 2026
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.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/Cockpit-HQ/Cockpit.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=2.11.3 <2.14.1Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.14.1cockpit-hq/cockpit (PHP):
Affected version(s) >=2.11.3 <2.14.1Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.14.1Related Resources (7)
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
2.3
Attack Vector
ADJACENT
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Attack Requirements
PRESENT
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
LOW
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
NONE
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
3.1
Attack Vector
ADJACENT
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Weakness Type (CWE)
Improper Certificate Validation
EPSS
Base Score:
0.10