CVE-2026-105141 topoteretes cognee JWT Signing Key get_api_auth_backend.py get_user_id_by_email hard-coded credentials
Hard-coded JWT signing key in cognee allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and potentially take over user accounts.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-105141?
CVE-2026-105141 is a medium-severity vulnerability in topoteretes cognee, published on 4 Oct 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-105141?
How do I fix CVE-2026-105141?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-105141 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2026-105141 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-105141 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xrgh-2vxr-rhm4.