{"schema":"threatline.record/2","record":{"id":"CVE-2026-105141","aliases":[],"summary":"topoteretes cognee JWT Signing Key get_api_auth_backend.py get_user_id_by_email hard-coded credentials","details":"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.","categories":["Unclassified"],"product":"cognee","vendor":"topoteretes","ecosystem":null,"affected_ranges":[{"source":"CVE List","source_url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-105141","source_modified_at":"2026-10-05T15:31:42.246Z","fetched_at":"2026-10-23T18:52:38.922436Z","product":"cognee","vendor":"topoteretes","versions":[{"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":"affected"},{"version":"1.6.0","status":"unaffected"}],"defaultStatus":null}],"fixed_versions":[],"cvss":5.3,"severity":"Medium","kev":{"listed":false},"epss":{"probability":0.00337,"percentile":0.25933,"score_date":"2026-10-23"},"published_at":"2026-10-04T07:45:15.985Z","modified_at":"2026-10-05T15:31:42.246Z","provenance":[{"source":"CVE List","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-105141","fetched_at":"2026-10-23T18:52:38.922436Z","source_modified_at":"2026-10-05T15:31:42.246Z"},{"source":"EPSS","url":"https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-105141","fetched_at":"2026-10-23T18:42:43.628194Z","source_modified_at":"2026-10-23"}],"sources":["CVE List","EPSS"],"references":[{"source":"CVE List","url":"https://vuldb.com/vuln/413365","tags":["vdb-entry","technical-description"]},{"source":"CVE List","url":"https://vuldb.com/vuln/413365/cti","tags":["signature","permissions-required"]},{"source":"CVE List","url":"https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-105141","tags":["third-party-advisory"]},{"source":"CVE List","url":"https://vuldb.com/submit/944531","tags":["third-party-advisory"]},{"source":"CVE List","url":"https://github.com/topoteretes/cognee/pull/5062","tags":["issue-tracking","patch"]},{"source":"CVE List","url":"https://linear.app/cognee/issue/SDK-720/replace-the-super-secret-fallback-for-token-signing-secrets-with-a-per","tags":["issue-tracking"]},{"source":"CVE List","url":"https://github.com/topoteretes/cognee/commit/fa65fc0cd86cdba48d19aa76e36be862be982f5d","tags":["patch"]},{"source":"CVE List","url":"https://github.com/topoteretes/cognee/releases/tag/v1.6.0","tags":["patch"]},{"source":"CVE List","url":"https://github.com/topoteretes/cognee/","tags":["product"]}],"locations":[],"motoko_assessment":{"status":"requires_architecture_review","automatic_remediation":false},"cve_state":"PUBLISHED","cvss_source":"CVE List","ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technical_impact":"partial","assessed_at":"2026-10-05T15:05:03.355363Z"},"classification":{"method":"product-first software-layer rules","rules_version":"2.1","matched_on":null,"confidence":"unknown","reviewed":false},"change_timestamp":"2026-10-05T15:31:42.246Z","content_hash":"7e6236c5de45f037f3fd12fa9b031e8e89581983bc8b9e2b38ba5803753b15a1"}}