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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| cockpit-hq | cockpit | 2.12.0 – < 2.14.1 | 2.14.1 |
References
- GitHub Issue #318 issue-tracking
- https://github.com/Cockpit-HQ/Cockpit/commit/c611492adc17362578faa97f9c30b41e6c16e040 patch
- https://github.com/Cockpit-HQ/Cockpit/blob/2.14.0/cron.php#L70-L102 technical-description
- https://github.com/Cockpit-HQ/Cockpit product
- VulnCheck Advisory: Cockpit CMS 2.12.0 before 2.14.1 Disabled TLS Verification via cron.php third-party-advisory