CVE-2026-105141

A security flaw has been discovered in topoteretes cognee up to 1.5.4. The affected element is the function get_user_id_by_email of the file cognee/modules/users/authentication/get_api_auth_backend.py of the component JWT Signing Key Handler. The manipulation of the argument FASTAPI_USERS_JWT_SECRET results in hard-coded credentials. The attack may be launched remotely. Upgrading to version 1.6.0 is sufficient to fix this issue. The patch is identified as fa65fc0cd86cdba48d19aa76e36be862be982f5d. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

CVSS v3 6.3 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 6.5 MEDIUM

6.3^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 3.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact LOW

Scope UNCHANGED

6.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 8.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/topoteretes/cognee/
https://github.com/topoteretes/cognee/commit/fa65fc0cd86cdba48d19aa76e36be862be982f5d
https://github.com/topoteretes/cognee/pull/5062
https://github.com/topoteretes/cognee/releases/tag/v1.6.0
https://linear.app/cognee/issue/SDK-720/replace-the-super-secret-fallback-for-token-signing-secrets-with-a-per
https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-105141
https://vuldb.com/submit/944531
https://vuldb.com/vuln/413365
https://vuldb.com/vuln/413365/cti

Configurations

No configuration.

History

04 Oct 2026, 09:16

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-10-04 09:16

Updated : 2026-10-06 15:04

NVD link : CVE-2026-105141

Mitre link : CVE-2026-105141

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-105141

JSON object : View

Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-259

Use of Hard-coded Password

CWE-798

Use of Hard-coded Credentials

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