Disclosure 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.
Source-reported weakness categories
CWE-295
Source-specific records & product guidance
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NIST National Vulnerability Database · NVD-CVE-2026-105217
Open original source · Updated Oct 06, 2026
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Original records & references
PUBLISHED 2026-10-04T14:16:34-04:00
MODIFIED 2026-10-06T11:25:00-04:00
INGESTED 2026-10-06T11:45:30-04:00