CVE-2026-105141topoteretes cognee JWT Signing Key get_api_auth_backend.py get_user_id_by_email hard-coded credentials
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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
- 6.3 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)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
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-798, CWE-259
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- VulDB
- NVD analysis
- Deferred
- Record last updated
- Oct 5, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
topoteretes cognee topoteretes:cognee | 1.5.0; 1.5.1; 1.5.2; 1.5.3; 1.5.4; 1.6.0 not affected | CNA record |
References
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/413365vdb-entry, technical-description
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/413365/ctisignature, permissions-required
- https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-105141third-party-advisory
- https://vuldb.com/submit/944531third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/topoteretes/cognee/pull/5062issue-tracking, patch
- https://linear.app/cognee/issue/SDK-720/replace-the-super-secret-fallback-for-token-signing-secrets-with-a-perissue-tracking
- https://github.com/topoteretes/cognee/commit/fa65fc0cd86cdba48d19aa76e36be862be982f5dpatch
- https://github.com/topoteretes/cognee/releases/tag/v1.6.0patch
- https://github.com/topoteretes/cognee/product
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