{"id":"CVE-2026-105141","published":"2026-10-04T09:16:39.203","lastModified":"2026-10-06T15:04:52.637","description":"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.","cvssScore":6.3,"cvssSeverity":"MEDIUM","cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L","cwes":["CWE-259","CWE-798"],"vendors":[],"products":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/topoteretes/cognee/","tags":[]},{"url":"https://github.com/topoteretes/cognee/commit/fa65fc0cd86cdba48d19aa76e36be862be982f5d","tags":[]},{"url":"https://github.com/topoteretes/cognee/pull/5062","tags":[]},{"url":"https://github.com/topoteretes/cognee/releases/tag/v1.6.0","tags":[]},{"url":"https://linear.app/cognee/issue/SDK-720/replace-the-super-secret-fallback-for-token-signing-secrets-with-a-per","tags":[]},{"url":"https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-105141","tags":[]},{"url":"https://vuldb.com/submit/944531","tags":[]},{"url":"https://vuldb.com/vuln/413365","tags":[]},{"url":"https://vuldb.com/vuln/413365/cti","tags":[]}],"exploitRefs":[{"url":"https://github.com/topoteretes/cognee/","tags":[]},{"url":"https://github.com/topoteretes/cognee/commit/fa65fc0cd86cdba48d19aa76e36be862be982f5d","tags":[]},{"url":"https://github.com/topoteretes/cognee/pull/5062","tags":[]},{"url":"https://github.com/topoteretes/cognee/releases/tag/v1.6.0","tags":[]}],"hasPoc":true,"ai":null}