CVE-2026-58473 Cognee < 1.2.0 Unauthorized LLM Configuration Overwrite via /api/v1/settings
Unauthenticated attackers can overwrite LLM settings to redirect operations, enabling data exfiltration from all users.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2026-58473?
CVE-2026-58473 is a critical missing authorization vulnerability in topoteretes cognee, published on 7 Jul 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Cognee before 1.2.0 contains an improper access control vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to overwrite the global LLM provider configuration by self-registering an account and calling the settings endpoint, which performs no admin or superuser check. Attackers can redirect all LLM operations instance-wide to an attacker-controlled endpoint by exploiting the process-wide singleton configuration cache, enabling exfiltration of prompts, uploaded documents, extracted entities, and knowledge graph content from all users.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-58473?
3 open source packages ship an affected version, including cognee.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
cognee PyPI | All versions | 1.5.0 |
cognee PyPI | All versions | 1.5.0 |
cognee PyPI | All versions | 1.5.0 |
How do I fix CVE-2026-58473?
Upgrade cognee to 1.5.0 or later.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2026-58473 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-58473 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-49f7-whx5-4256, PYSEC-2026-3816.