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

> Man-in-the-middle attackers can steal worker tokens due to disabled TLS verification in cron.php, potentially taking over the web worker.

- **Severity:** Low 2.3 (`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`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 4 Oct 2026
- **Updated:** 5 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7gf3-cfh5-c772

## What is CVE-2026-105217?

CVE-2026-105217 is a low-severity vulnerability in cockpit-hq cockpit, published on 4 Oct 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-295 (Improper Certificate Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-105217?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-105217?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-105217 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-105217 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-105217 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-105217 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-105217 is a low-severity vulnerability in cockpit-hq cockpit, published on 4 Oct 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-105217 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: cockpit-hq cockpit. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-105217/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-105217/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-105217
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-105217
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-105217

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-105217/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.