{"id":"CVE-2026-105141","aliases":["EUVD-2026-92086","GHSA-xrgh-2vxr-rhm4"],"status":"published","title":"topoteretes cognee JWT Signing Key get_api_auth_backend.py get_user_id_by_email hard-coded credentials","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.","severity":{"version":"4.0","score":5.3,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-11","score":0.00344,"percentile":0.28317,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-259","CWE-798"],"published":"2026-10-04T07:45:15Z","modified":"2026-11-11T02:49:06Z","products":[{"vendor":"topoteretes","product":"cognee"}],"references":[{"url":"https://vuldb.com/vuln/413365","tags":["vdb-entry","technical-description","advisory"]},{"url":"https://vuldb.com/vuln/413365/cti","tags":["signature","permissions-required","report"]},{"url":"https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-105141","tags":["third-party-advisory","advisory"]},{"url":"https://vuldb.com/submit/944531","tags":["third-party-advisory","advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/topoteretes/cognee/pull/5062","tags":["issue-tracking","patch","fix"]},{"url":"https://linear.app/cognee/issue/SDK-720/replace-the-super-secret-fallback-for-token-signing-secrets-with-a-per","tags":["issue-tracking","report"]},{"url":"https://github.com/topoteretes/cognee/commit/fa65fc0cd86cdba48d19aa76e36be862be982f5d","tags":["patch","fix"]},{"url":"https://github.com/topoteretes/cognee/releases/tag/v1.6.0","tags":["patch","fix"]},{"url":"https://github.com/topoteretes/cognee/","tags":["product","web"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-105141","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/topoteretes/cognee"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xrgh-2vxr-rhm4"},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/105xxx/CVE-2026-105141.json","tags":["advisory"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-105141","title":"topoteretes cognee JWT Signing Key get_api_auth_backend.py get_user_id_by_email hard-coded credentials","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.","status":"published","published":"2026-10-04T07:45:15.985Z","modified":"2026-10-05T15:31:42.246Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":5.3,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X","level":"medium","assessor":"cna"},{"version":"3.1","score":6.3,"vector":"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","level":"medium","assessor":"cna"},{"version":"3.0","score":6.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:X/RL:O/RC:C","level":"medium","assessor":"cna"},{"version":"2.0","score":6.5,"vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:ND/RL:OF/RC:C","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-798","CWE-259"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:19:56.755658Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2026-92086","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.","status":"published","published":"2026-10-04T07:45:15Z","modified":"2026-10-05T15:31:42Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":5.3,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T17:27:39.819382Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-xrgh-2vxr-rhm4","title":"A security flaw has been discovered in topoteretes cognee up to 1.5.4. The affected element is...","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.","status":"published","published":"2026-10-04T09:30:21Z","modified":"2026-10-04T09:30:28Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":5.3,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X","level":"medium"},{"version":"3.1","score":6.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-259"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:12:46.728696Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2026-105141","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.","status":"published","published":"2026-10-04T09:16:39.203Z","modified":"2026-10-06T15:04:52.637Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":5.3,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X","level":"medium","assessor":"secondary"},{"version":"3.1","score":6.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L","level":"medium","assessor":"secondary"},{"version":"2.0","score":6.5,"vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P","level":"medium","assessor":"secondary"}],"cwes":["CWE-259","CWE-798"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:12:53.75133Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2026-105141","title":"topoteretes cognee JWT Signing Key get_api_auth_backend.py get_user_id_by_email hard-coded credentials","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.","status":"published","published":"2026-10-04T07:45:15.985Z","modified":"2026-11-11T10:47:25.590471973Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":5.3,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-259","CWE-798"],"updated_at":"2026-11-11T03:21:16.313764Z"}]}}