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
MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.36.3
EchelonGraph scoreLOW confidence
This medium-severity CVE scores 6.3 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit-prediction score not yet available (the EPSS model rescores nightly; freshly-published CVEs typically appear within 48 hours). GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: secondary
6.3EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: —CVSS: 6.3Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 6.3
- EG Score
- 6.3MEDIUMlow confidence
- EG Risk
- 33EG Risk 33/100CISA SSVC
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity63% × 45%Exploitation0% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%CISA SSVC: Track at low or medium mission impact; Track or Attend at high (mission-essential systems).Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high. - EPSS PROB
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- EPSS %ILE
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- KEV
- Not listed
CISA SSVCTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track or Attend at high (mission-essential systems).
A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.
Exploitation none (no KEV listing, exploit record or EPSS ≥ 50%) · Automatable unknown (not published for this CVE) · Technical impact partial (CVSS below 9.0). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table
Published
October 4, 2026
Last Modified
October 4, 2026
Advisory Details (5)
Auto-updated Oct 4, 2026Patch available. Sources: github_pr, github_commit, github_release.
generic
GitHub - topoteretes/cognee: Cognee is the open-source AI memory platform for agents. Give your AI agents persistent long-term memory with small models for free · GitHub
https://github.com/topoteretes/cognee/github_release Patch Available
v1.6.0 — Keyless workflows & pipeline reliability
Patch available: topoteretes/cognee v1.6.0
https://github.com/topoteretes/cognee/releases/tag/v1.6.0github_commit Patch Available
commit fa65fc0cd86c (topoteretes/cognee)
Patch available: topoteretes/cognee v1.6.0 (contains commit fa65fc0cd86c)
https://github.com/topoteretes/cognee/commit/fa65fc0cd86cdba48d19aa76e36be862be982f5dgeneric
Linear
https://linear.app/cognee/issue/SDK-720/replace-the-super-secret-fallback-for-token-signing-secrets-with-a-pergithub_pr Patch Available
SDK-720 fix(auth): generate a random default for token signing secrets
Patch available: topoteretes/cognee v1.6.0 (PR #5062 merged 2026-09-16)
https://github.com/topoteretes/cognee/pull/5062Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-105141(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Weakness Classification(2)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 3× in last 7d / 3× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
- 2026-10-04 09:28 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-04 08:50 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-04 08:49 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked
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Frequently asked(4)
What is CVE-2026-105141?
CVE-2026-105141 is a medium vulnerability published on October 4, 2026. A security flaw has been discovered in topoteretes cognee up to 1.5.4. The affected element is the function getuseridbyemail of the file cognee/modules/users/authentication/getapiauthbackend.py of the component JWT Signing Key Handler. The manipulation of the argument FASTAPIUSERSJWTSECRET results…
When was CVE-2026-105141 disclosed?
CVE-2026-105141 was first published on October 4, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-105141?
CVE-2026-105141 has a CVSS base score of 6.3 (a secondary CVSS source that NVD displays; NVD's own analysis pending). The EG score is currently aggregating — additional source signals are being incorporated as they become available..
How do I remediate CVE-2026-105141?
A fix for CVE-2026-105141 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-105141 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.
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