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Cockpit CMS 2.12.0 before 2.14.1 Disabled TLS Verification via cron.php
Type: advisorySources: OSV
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.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-105217
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 3 Nov 2026, 10:54 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Cockpit CMS 2.12.0 before 2.14.1 Disabled TLS Verification via cron.php
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 4 Oct 2026, 17:09 UTC
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.
osv:CVE-2026-105217
Complete source record
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"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.",
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"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/cockpit-cms-2.12.0-before-2.14.1-disabled-tls-verification-via-cron-php",
"https://github.com/Cockpit-HQ/Cockpit/issues/318",
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