CVE-2026-105217
2.3
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
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 present any certificate to steal the worker/web/token value and start the web worker.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| cockpit-hq | cockpit | 2.12.0 < 2.14.1 | affected |
Weaknesses
- CWE-295: Improper Certificate Validation
References
- https://github.com/Cockpit-HQ/Cockpit/issues/318
- https://github.com/Cockpit-HQ/Cockpit/commit/c611492adc17362578faa97f9c30b41e6c16e040
- https://github.com/Cockpit-HQ/Cockpit/blob/2.14.0/cron.php#L70-L102
- https://github.com/Cockpit-HQ/Cockpit
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/cockpit-cms-2.12.0-before-2.14.1-disabled-tls-verification-via-cron-php
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