CVE-2026-105141

MEDIUM 6.3

topoteretes cognee JWT Signing Key get_api_auth_backend.py get_user_id_by_email hard-coded credentials

CVSS Score

6.3

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

0th

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.

CWE	CWE-798 CWE-259
Vendor	topoteretes
Product	cognee
Published	Oct 4, 2026

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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:X/RL:O/RC:C

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

Integrity

Availability

Affected Versions

topoteretes / cognee

1.5.0 1.5.1 1.5.2 1.5.3 1.5.4

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

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

Credits

🔍 zhuke (VulDB User)