topoteretes cognee JWT Signing Key get_api_auth_backend.py get_user_id_by_email hard-coded credentials
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.
CVE-2026-105141
Primary source · Revision 1
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Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-105141
cognee
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product
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{
"cpes": [
"cpe:2.3:a:topoteretes:cognee:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
],
"vendor": "topoteretes",
"modules": [
"JWT Signing Key Handler"
],
"product": "cognee",
"versions": [
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "1.5.0"
},
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "1.5.1"
},
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "1.5.2"
},
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "1.5.3"
},
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "1.5.4"
},
{
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "1.6.0"
}
]
}
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- #8702 · Revision 1
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