# Cognition CVE-2026-109437: Unauthenticated Agent RCE

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## Article Metadata
- Title: Cognition CVE-2026-109437: Unauthenticated Agent RCE
- Summary: CognicellAI's self-hosted agent server shipped an unauthenticated API and a host-local shell backend by default. CVSS 9.8; upgrade to 0.13.0 and add auth.
- Published: Oct 31, 2026, 2:37 AM EDT
- Updated: Oct 31, 2026, 2:37 AM EDT
- Category: AI Security
- Primary topic: Cve 2026 109437
- Authors: Nadia Shah
- Read time: 3 min
- Language: en_US
- Publication time zone: America/New_York (U.S. Eastern Time)
- Access: Free to read

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