CVE-2026-105217
Cockpit CMS 2.12.0 before 2.14.1 Disabled TLS Verification via cron.php
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
2.3
Cockpit CMS 2.12.0 before 2.14.1 Disabled TLS Verification via cron.php
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.
- Record
CVE-2026-105217- CVSS 4.0
- 2.3 Low
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 - CVSS 3.1
- 3.1 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-295
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-92120
2.3
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.
- Record
EUVD-2026-92120- CVSS 4.0
- 2.3 Low
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 - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-7gf3-cfh5-c772
2.3
Cockpit CMS 2.12.0 before 2.14.1 disables TLS certificate verification in the cron.php web worker...
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.
- Record
GHSA-7gf3-cfh5-c772- CVSS 4.0
- 2.3 Low
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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - CVSS 3.1
- 3.1 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-295
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
2.3
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.
- Record
CVE-2026-105217- CVSS 4.0
- 2.3 Low
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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - CVSS 3.1
- 3.1 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-295
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
2.3
Cockpit CMS 2.12.0 before 2.14.1 Disabled TLS Verification via cron.php
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.
- Record
CVE-2026-105217- CVSS 4.0
- 2.3 Low
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 - Weakness
- CWE-295
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-105217 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 2.3) in Cockpit-hq Cockpit, published October 4, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.10%, the 0th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
github.com/Cockpit-HQ/Cockpit/issues/318
github.com/Cockpit-HQ/Cockpit/commit/c611492adc17362578faa97f9c30b41e6c16e040
github.com/Cockpit-HQ/Cockpit/blob/2.14.0/cron.php
github.com/Cockpit-HQ/Cockpit
vulncheck.com/advisories/cockpit-cms-2.12.0-before-2.14.1-disabled-tls-verification-via-cron-php
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-105217
github.com/advisories/GHSA-7gf3-cfh5-c772
github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/105xxx/CVE-2026-105217.json