Allow running the config command to disable tls even if openssl is not present, fixes #9198

src/Composer/Factory.php

@@ -586,7 +586,11 @@ class Factory
     {
         static $warned = false;
         $disableTls = false;
-        if ($config && $config->get('disable-tls') === true) {
+        // allow running the config command if disable-tls is in the arg list, even if openssl is missing, to allow disabling it via the config command
+        if (isset($_SERVER['argv']) && in_array('disable-tls', $_SERVER['argv']) && (in_array('conf', $_SERVER['argv']) || in_array('config', $_SERVER['argv']))) {
+            $warned = true;
+            $disableTls = !extension_loaded('openssl');
+        } elseif ($config && $config->get('disable-tls') === true) {
             if (!$warned) {
                 $io->writeError('<warning>You are running Composer with SSL/TLS protection disabled.</warning>');
             }