CRITICALVulnerability
Verified
Global

NVD CRITICAL: CVE-2026-109437 — Cognition before 0.13.0 contains an unauthenticated remote code execution vulner...

·Source: NIST NVD

Updated:

Executive Summary

Cognition before 0.13.0 contains an unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability due to defaulting its agent sandbox backend to local execution and shipping no authentication on its REST/SSE API. Attackers can create a session via POST /sessions and post a message via POST /sessions/{id}/messages without credentials, causing the Deep Agents ReAct loop to run attacker-directed shell commands

Analysis

Cognition before 0.13.0 contains an unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability due to defaulting its agent sandbox backend to local execution and shipping no authentication on its REST/SSE API. Attackers can create a session via POST /sessions and post a message via POST /sessions/{id}/messages without credentials, causing the Deep Agents ReAct loop to run attacker-directed shell commands through the local shell backend, resulting in remote code execution as the server process. CVSS Score: 9.8. Published: 2026-10-19T19:17:19.807.

Indicators of Compromise (1)

CVE (1)
CVE-2026-109437
NVDMITRE CVE
Source Attribution

Originally published by NIST NVD on Oct 19, 2026. Verified by: NIST.

Related Threats

MEDIUMVulnerabilityNEW

Quest Diagnostics Reports Hack on IT System Used by Clients

<img src="https://ismg-cdn.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/articles/quest-diagnostics-reports-hack-on-system-used-by-clients-image_small-9-a-33185.jpg" align=right hspace=4><b>Medical Testing Lab Told SEC Incident Likely Compromised 'Certain Patient Records'</b><br>Medical testing company Quest Diagnostics has told the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that it's responding to a cyber inciden

Bank Info Security
MEDIUMVulnerabilityNEW

Alms For the Cyber Poor: Program Will Help Small Utilities

<img src="https://ismg-cdn.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/articles/alms-for-cyber-poor-program-will-help-small-utilities-image_small-5-a-33186.jpg" align=right hspace=4><b>Dragos Has Learned That 'Free' Doesn't Always Mean 'Usable'</b><br>Dragos, a pioneer in the operational technology security market, and its new backer, consulting giant Accenture, are teaming up with the Sans Institute training

Bank Info Security
MEDIUMVulnerability

Railway warns devs to rotate secrets after potential breach

Cloud platform Railway published an urgent warning to users after detecting suspicious activity on its systems that store customer environment variables earlier this week. [...]

BleepingComputer