CVE-2026-105217

low

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.

References

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

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://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-92120

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-10-04

Updated: 2026-10-06

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 1.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 3.1

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v4

Base Score: 2.3

Vector: 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

Severity: Low

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00103