CognicellAI Cognition up to 0.12.x Local Shell Backend os command injection

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A vulnerability was found in CognicellAI Cognition up to 0.12.x. It has been declared as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component Local Shell Backend. Executing a manipulation can lead to os command injection. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2026-109437. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in CognicellAI Cognition up to 0.12.x. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the component Local Shell Backend. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a os command injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-78. The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The advisory is shared for download at lasso.security. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-109437 since 10/12/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1202.

Upgrading to version 0.13.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• CognicellAI

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• Cognition

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• 0.1
• 0.2
• 0.3
• 0.4
• 0.5
• 0.6
• 0.7
• 0.8
• 0.9
• 0.10
• 0.11
• 0.12

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