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FKIE_CVE-2026-61740

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-07-15 15:16 - Updated: 2026-07-15 18:15

Severity

9.3 (Critical) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Summary

LightRAG provides simple and fast retrieval-augmented generation. Prior to 1.5.4, when LightRAG is deployed with LIGHTRAG_API_KEY set but AUTH_ACCOUNTS unset, X-API-Key protection can be bypassed because lightrag/api/auth.py falls back to a hardcoded DEFAULT_TOKEN_SECRET, /auth-status and /login can mint guest JWTs, and combined_dependency in lightrag/api/utils_api.py accepts a valid guest token before checking the API key. A remote unauthenticated attacker can call endpoints guarded by combined_auth, including document read, upload, deletion, graph mutation, and query endpoints. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.5.4.

References

	URL	Tags
	security-advisories@github.com	https://github.com/HKUDS/LightRAG/commit/f7819aa3a49a9d8d92eed8251d82d6ebcafa8cba
	security-advisories@github.com	https://github.com/HKUDS/LightRAG/pull/3319
	security-advisories@github.com	https://github.com/HKUDS/LightRAG/releases/tag/v1.5.4
	security-advisories@github.com	https://github.com/HKUDS/LightRAG/security/advisories/GHSA-f4vv-55c2-5789
	134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0	https://github.com/HKUDS/LightRAG/security/advisories/GHSA-f4vv-55c2-5789

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version

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CVE-2026-61740 (GCVE-0-2026-61740)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-15 14:14 – Updated: 2026-07-15 15:30

Title

LightRAG: Authentication bypass: hardcoded DEFAULT_TOKEN_SECRET and public /auth-status defeat LIGHTRAG_API_KEY protection

Summary

Severity

9.3 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-07-15 15:14 UTC

CWE

CWE-287 - Improper Authentication
CWE-798 - Use of Hard-coded Credentials

Assigner

GitHub_M mitre root

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/HKUDS/LightRAG/security/adviso…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/HKUDS/LightRAG/pull/3319	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/HKUDS/LightRAG/commit/f7819aa3…	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/HKUDS/LightRAG/releases/tag/v1.5.4	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
HKUDS	LightRAG	Affected: < 1.5.4

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