Name: CVE-2026-105217: Improper Certificate Validation
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2026-10-04T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2026-105217, CWE-295, CVSS 3.1, EPSS 0.00103

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.

CVSS Details

CVSS 4.0 Base Score: 2.3 (LOW)
CVSS 4.0 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/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 Base Score: 3.1
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Redhat_linux	—	—	Oct 6, 2026	Oct 4, 2026

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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