Critical 9.3Published Jul 15, 2026

CVE-2026-61740LightRAG provides simple and fast retrieval-augmented generation.

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 06:20 UTC)

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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.

CVSS: 9.3 CRITICAL (v4.0, NVD)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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Weakness (CWE): CWE-287, CWE-798
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: Jul 15, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

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References

https://github.com/HKUDS/LightRAG/commit/f7819aa3a49a9d8d92eed8251d82d6ebcafa8cba
https://github.com/HKUDS/LightRAG/pull/3319
https://github.com/HKUDS/LightRAG/releases/tag/v1.5.4
https://github.com/HKUDS/LightRAG/security/advisories/GHSA-f4vv-55c2-5789

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