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CVE-2026-105141 medium CVSS 6.3

Vulnerability in topoteretes cognee (CVE-2026-105141)

Summary

Vulnerability in topoteretes cognee (CVE-2026-105141). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-105141 has been found in topoteretes cognee.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 6.3/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "topoteretes cognee CVE-2026-105141" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2026-105141 (topoteretes cognee) — CWE-259 / CVSS v3 6.3
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.

❓ What is the problem

A vulnerability (CWE-259) exists in topoteretes cognee.

📍 Affected scope

Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of topoteretes cognee.

🔥 Severity

Severity: Medium (CVSS 6.3/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.

🔧 How to fix

Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.

🛡️ Workaround

Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.

🔍 Detection

Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.

Response actions

Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order

  1. 1
    Identify exposure identify
    Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.

    資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで topoteretes cognee を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。

  2. 2
    Post-deployment verification verify
    Confirm patched version is live in production

    パッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。

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