CVE-2026-105141
MEDIUM
5,3
Source: [email protected]
Attack Vector: network
Attack Complexity: low
Privileges Required: low
User Interaction: none
Confidentiality: N/A
Integrity: N/A
Availability: N/A
MEDIUM
6,3
Source: [email protected]
Attack Vector: network
Attack Complexity: low
Privileges Required: low
User Interaction: none
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: low
Integrity: low
Availability: low
MEDIUM
6,5
Source: [email protected]
Access Vector: network
Access Complexity: low
Authentication: single
Confidentiality: partial
Integrity: partial
Availability: partial
Description
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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.
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Use of Hard-coded Password
DraftCommon Consequences
Security Scopes Affected:
Access Control
Potential Impacts:
Gain Privileges Or Assume Identity
Hide Activities
Reduce Maintainability
Applicable Platforms
Technologies:
ICS/OT
798
Use of Hard-coded Credentials
DraftCommon Consequences
Security Scopes Affected:
Access Control
Integrity
Confidentiality
Availability
Other
Potential Impacts:
Bypass Protection Mechanism
Read Application Data
Gain Privileges Or Assume Identity
Execute Unauthorized Code Or Commands
Other
Applicable Platforms
Technologies:
Mobile, ICS/OT
https://github.com/topoteretes/cognee/
https://github.com/topoteretes/cognee/commit/fa65fc0cd86cdba48d19aa76e36be862be…
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-t…
https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-105141
https://vuldb.com/submit/944531
https://vuldb.com/vuln/413365
https://vuldb.com/vuln/413365/cti