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.
Attack Parameters
Attack Vector
Network
Can be exploited remotely
Attack Complexity
Low
Easy to exploit
Attack Requirements
None
No additional conditions
Privileges Required
Low
Basic privileges needed
User Interaction
None
No user interaction needed
Impact Assessment
Confidentiality
Low
Partial data leak
Integrity
Low
Partial data modification
Availability
Low
Partial disruption
CVSS Vector v4.0
Weakness Type (CWE)
Vulnerable Products
topoteretes:cognee
References 9
https://github.com/topoteretes/cognee/
cna@vuldb.com
https://github.com/topoteretes/cognee/commit/fa65fc0cd86cdba48d19aa76e36be862be…
cna@vuldb.com
https://github.com/topoteretes/cognee/pull/5062
cna@vuldb.com
https://github.com/topoteretes/cognee/releases/tag/v1.6.0
cna@vuldb.com
https://linear.app/cognee/issue/SDK-720/replace-the-super-secret-fallback-for-t…
cna@vuldb.com
https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-105141
cna@vuldb.com
https://vuldb.com/submit/944531
cna@vuldb.com
https://vuldb.com/vuln/413365
cna@vuldb.com
https://vuldb.com/vuln/413365/cti
cna@vuldb.com