Disclosure summary
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.
Source-reported weakness categories
CWE-259, CWE-798
Source-specific records & product guidance
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NIST National Vulnerability Database · NVD-CVE-2026-105141
Open original source · Updated Oct 06, 2026
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Original records & references
- NIST NVD record
- CVE Program record
- github.com
- github.com
- github.com
- github.com
- linear.app
- vuldb.com
- vuldb.com
- vuldb.com
- vuldb.com
PUBLISHED 2026-10-04T05:16:39-04:00
MODIFIED 2026-10-06T11:04:52-04:00
INGESTED 2026-10-06T11:45:30-04:00