01 Record
CVE-2026-105141
topoteretes cognee JWT Signing Key get_api_auth_backend.py get_user_id_by_email hard-coded credentials
MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: VulDB
CNA base score5.3 CVSS v4.0CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X
02 Description
topoteretes cognee JWT Signing Key get_api_auth_backend.py get_user_id_by_email hard-coded credentials
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.34% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 27.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.3 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- NVD analysis status
- Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-06.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2026-10-04 07:45Z25 DAYS AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-10-05 15:31Z23 DAYS AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-10-03
- Assigning CNA
- VulDB
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 5.3)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 811aad95c3e26786947913e959a27b67061d303f7f1cc643428d6cb6d1eef933
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- vuldb.comVDB-413365 | topoteretes cognee JWT Signing Key get_api_auth_backend.py get_user_id_by_email hard-coded credentialshttps://vuldb.com/vuln/413365
- vuldb.comVDB-413365 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, TTP, IOA)https://vuldb.com/vuln/413365/cti
- vuldb.comCVE-2026-105141 | CVE Analysis and Reporthttps://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-105141
- vuldb.comSubmit #944531 | Cognee 1.4.1 Insecure Default Variable / Hardcoded Secrethttps://vuldb.com/submit/944531
- github.comhttps://github.com/topoteretes/cognee/pull/5062
- linear.apphttps://linear.app/cognee/issue/SDK-720/replace-the-super-secret-fallback-for-token-signing-secrets-with-a-per
- github.comhttps://github.com/topoteretes/cognee/commit/fa65fc0cd86cdba48d19aa76e36be862be982f5d
- github.comhttps://github.com/topoteretes/cognee/releases/tag/v1.6.0
- github.comhttps://github.com/topoteretes/cognee/