Cognee AI Agent
by topoteretesCognee is the open-source AI memory platform for agents. Give your AI agents persistent long-term memory with small models for free
Cognee is an open-source ai agent by topoteretes, written mainly in Python, with 32,973 GitHub stars and the Apache-2.0 license. Its code was last updated Nov 1, 2026.
Scan summary: scanned Nov 5, 2026 at commit 525b1d1. Seen able to run shell commands, read environment and secrets, connect to the internet. Scan policy
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525b1d1 · Nov 5, 2026 ScannedStatic, secrets and dependency checks completed with no critical findings. BuildsIt installed from a fresh machine.
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Findings (64)
- highHigh. Something risky that needs a close look before you install.dropper issueDetails are available to the maintainer after claiming this listing.
- highHigh. Something risky that needs a close look before you install.dropper issueDetails are available to the maintainer after claiming this listing.
- highHigh. Something risky that needs a close look before you install.credential-access issueDetails are available to the maintainer after claiming this listing.
- highHigh. Something risky that needs a close look before you install.secrets issueDetails are available to the maintainer after claiming this listing.
- highHigh. Something risky that needs a close look before you install.secrets issueDetails are available to the maintainer after claiming this listing.
- highHigh. Something risky that needs a close look before you install.secrets issueDetails are available to the maintainer after claiming this listing.
- highHigh. Something risky that needs a close look before you install.dependencies issueDetails are available to the maintainer after claiming this listing.
- highHigh. Something risky that needs a close look before you install.dependencies issueDetails are available to the maintainer after claiming this listing.
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- highHigh. Something risky that needs a close look before you install.dependencies issueDetails are available to the maintainer after claiming this listing.
- highHigh. Something risky that needs a close look before you install.dependencies issueDetails are available to the maintainer after claiming this listing.
- highHigh. Something risky that needs a close look before you install.dependencies issueDetails are available to the maintainer after claiming this listing.
- highHigh. Something risky that needs a close look before you install.dependencies issueDetails are available to the maintainer after claiming this listing.
- highHigh. Something risky that needs a close look before you install.dependencies issueDetails are available to the maintainer after claiming this listing.
- mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.Runs shell commands. Fine for some tools, but it means the agent can run anything your user can.
cognee/api/v1/ui/node_setup.py:41 - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.Runs shell commands. Fine for some tools, but it means the agent can run anything your user can.
cognee/api/v1/ui/node_setup.py:291 - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.Runs shell commands. Fine for some tools, but it means the agent can run anything your user can.
cognee/api/v1/ui/npm_utils.py:19 - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.Runs shell commands. Fine for some tools, but it means the agent can run anything your user can.
cognee/api/v1/ui/ui.py:846 - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.Contacts a hard-coded IP address instead of a domain name.
cognee/tasks/code_graph/resolve_repo.py:336 - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.Contacts a hard-coded IP address instead of a domain name.
cognee/tasks/web_scraper/ssrf_protection.py:114 - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.brace-expansion@1.1.12: 7 known vulnerabilitiesGHSA-3jxr-9vmj-r5cp, GHSA-6j4f-fj2g-mc7p, GHSA-f886-m6hf-6m8v, GHSA-mh99-v99m-4gvg, GHSA-q2hr-2g5m-vwhr +2 more
cognee-frontend/package-lock.json - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.brace-expansion@2.0.2: 7 known vulnerabilitiesGHSA-3jxr-9vmj-r5cp, GHSA-6j4f-fj2g-mc7p, GHSA-f886-m6hf-6m8v, GHSA-mh99-v99m-4gvg, GHSA-q2hr-2g5m-vwhr +2 more
cognee-frontend/package-lock.json - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.browserslist@4.28.1: 2 known vulnerabilitiesGHSA-73wf-gq98-2v4g, GHSA-c83g-rgw3-j3cx
cognee-frontend/package-lock.json - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.flatted@3.3.3: 2 known vulnerabilitiesGHSA-25h7-pfq9-p65f, GHSA-rf6f-7fwh-wjgh
cognee-frontend/package-lock.json - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.js-yaml@3.14.2: 4 known vulnerabilitiesGHSA-2883-xcg3-v3hh, GHSA-52cp-r559-cp3m, GHSA-5p4m-2wfm-xmqj, GHSA-h67p-54hq-rp68
cognee-frontend/package-lock.json - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.js-yaml@4.1.1: 4 known vulnerabilitiesGHSA-2883-xcg3-v3hh, GHSA-52cp-r559-cp3m, GHSA-5p4m-2wfm-xmqj, GHSA-h67p-54hq-rp68
cognee-frontend/package-lock.json - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.lodash-es@4.17.23: 2 known vulnerabilitiesGHSA-f23m-r3pf-42rh, GHSA-r5fr-rjxr-66jc
cognee-frontend/package-lock.json - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.minimatch@3.1.2: 3 known vulnerabilitiesGHSA-23c5-xmqv-rm74, GHSA-3ppc-4f35-3m26, GHSA-7r86-cg39-jmmj
cognee-frontend/package-lock.json - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.minimatch@9.0.5: 4 known vulnerabilitiesGHSA-23c5-xmqv-rm74, GHSA-3ppc-4f35-3m26, GHSA-7r86-cg39-jmmj, GHSA-g3hv-75wg-m249
cognee-frontend/package-lock.json - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.picomatch@2.3.1: 2 known vulnerabilitiesGHSA-3v7f-55p6-f55p, GHSA-c2c7-rcm5-vvqj
cognee-frontend/package-lock.json - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.picomatch@4.0.3: 2 known vulnerabilitiesGHSA-3v7f-55p6-f55p, GHSA-c2c7-rcm5-vvqj
cognee-frontend/package-lock.json - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.source-map-js@1.2.1: 1 known vulnerabilityGHSA-68fv-2mgg-jv7q
cognee-frontend/package-lock.json - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.uuid@11.1.0: 1 known vulnerabilityGHSA-w5hq-g745-h8pq
cognee-frontend/package-lock.json - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.ws@8.19.0: 2 known vulnerabilitiesGHSA-58qx-3vcg-4xpx, GHSA-96hv-2xvq-fx4p
cognee-frontend/package-lock.json - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.dnspython@2.8.0: 2 known vulnerabilitiesGHSA-45c3-73f7-pv4m, GHSA-45c3-73f7-pv4m
cognee-mcp/uv.lock - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.filelock@3.32.7: 26 known vulnerabilitiesGHSA-567q-5qvw-pf92, GHSA-6627-m3xw-93mp, GHSA-69hj-f68j-2879, GHSA-8mx5-7m5m-r77g, GHSA-9c4x-gm8v-wgc4 +21 more
cognee-mcp/uv.lock - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.joserfc@1.7.4: 2 known vulnerabilitiesGHSA-9pg5-8c7x-5hfx, GHSA-jpxq-7h8p-2q76
cognee-mcp/uv.lock - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.nltk@3.10.3: 4 known vulnerabilitiesGHSA-8mgp-746c-j5xp, GHSA-j456-xh4h-cpf2, GHSA-8mgp-746c-j5xp, GHSA-j456-xh4h-cpf2
cognee-mcp/uv.lock - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.pyasn1@0.6.4: 8 known vulnerabilitiesGHSA-2qm8-x737-gmw5, GHSA-9m75-vc3g-4x39, GHSA-fm9c-5rcf-2q5p, GHSA-mm57-4v3p-rchx, GHSA-2qm8-x737-gmw5 +3 more
cognee-mcp/uv.lock - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.pypdf@6.21.2: 14 known vulnerabilitiesGHSA-42gh-23hr-vphw, GHSA-4vqv-7265-gm2w, GHSA-5849-834g-hvw5, GHSA-62m5-6wh8-28x7, GHSA-cggf-277g-3q54 +9 more
cognee-mcp/uv.lock - mediumMedium. Worth checking, often a vulnerable dependency or a setup problem.msgpack@1.2.2: 1 known vulnerabilityGHSA-j586-36cw-2gc2
uv.lock - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.In tests/examples/docs: Downloads a script and pipes it straight into a shell (often an installer command shown to users; check where it runs).
cognee-frontend/src/utils/__tests__/osCommands.test.ts:24 - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.Possible example credential in docs/tests: generic-api-key
cognee/tests/integration/tasks/connectors/test_apollo_ingestion.py:25 - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.Possible example credential in docs/tests: generic-api-key
cognee/tests/api/test_conditional_authentication_endpoints.py:205 - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.Possible example credential in docs/tests: generic-api-key
cognee/tests/unit/modules/integrations/test_verify_slack_signature.py:16 - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.Possible example credential in docs/tests: generic-api-key
cognee/tests/unit/shared/test_usage_logger.py:53 - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.Possible example credential in docs/tests: generic-api-key
cognee/tests/unit/modules/users/test_redact_websocket_query_secrets.py:37 - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.Possible example credential in docs/tests: generic-api-key
cognee/tests/unit/tasks/connectors/test_apollo_client.py:30 - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.Possible example credential in docs/tests: generic-api-key
cognee/tests/unit/modules/users/test_password_bound_jwt_strategy.py:25 - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.Possible example credential in docs/tests: generic-api-key
cognee/tests/unit/tasks/presort/test_detect_pii.py:58 - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.@babel/core@7.29.0: 1 known vulnerabilityGHSA-4x5r-pxfx-6jf8
cognee-frontend/package-lock.json - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.@humanfs/node@0.16.7: 1 known vulnerabilityGHSA-p498-v437-472g
cognee-frontend/package-lock.json - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.ajv@6.12.6: 1 known vulnerabilityGHSA-2g4f-4pwh-qvx6
cognee-frontend/package-lock.json - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.baseline-browser-mapping@2.9.19: 1 known vulnerabilityGHSA-w5vr-8v7q-w6rv
cognee-frontend/package-lock.json - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.deepmerge@4.3.1: 1 known vulnerabilityGHSA-gcqx-w48m-w2h4
cognee-frontend/package-lock.json - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.glob@10.5.0: 1 known vulnerabilityGHSA-3g3m-2fjr-6pw4
cognee-frontend/package-lock.json - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.postcss-selector-parser@7.1.1: 2 known vulnerabilitiesGHSA-rj75-hqrm-r3gf, GHSA-w9m9-85wc-3x92
cognee-frontend/package-lock.json - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.valibot@1.2.0: 1 known vulnerabilityGHSA-5qjj-4xww-7phc
cognee-frontend/package-lock.json - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.diskcache@5.6.3: 1 known vulnerabilityPYSEC-2026-2447
uv.lock - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.opentelemetry-api@1.44.0: 1 known vulnerabilityGHSA-xcq7-p3pf-p88h
uv.lock - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.pytest@7.4.4: 1 known vulnerabilityPYSEC-2026-1845
uv.lock - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.setuptools@84.0.0: 1 known vulnerabilityGHSA-xmj3-9gf7-h52w
uv.lock - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.tornado@6.5.10: 3 known vulnerabilitiesGHSA-pcg2-g6cj-q92c, GHSA-pw9p-v7r6-gx4p, GHSA-r4j5-9xpp-3985
uv.lock - lowLow. Minor, or common in normal tools. Shown for information.No manifest declaring network access and environment variables (agent.json)
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