CVE-2026-61736
Prior to 1.5.4, the server defaults to CORS_ORIGINS=* combined with allow_credentials=True in lightrag/api/lightrag_server.py, causing Starlette CORSMiddleware to effectively whitelist every origin for credentialed cross-origin requests.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.53%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
LightRAG provides simple and fast retrieval-augmented generation. Prior to 1.5.4, the server defaults to CORS_ORIGINS=* combined with allow_credentials=True in lightrag/api/lightrag_server.py, causing Starlette CORSMiddleware to effectively whitelist every origin for credentialed cross-origin requests. Any malicious website visited by an authenticated LightRAG user can silently make authenticated API requests, exfiltrating documents and knowledge graph data or performing destructive actions such as deleting the document store. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.5.4.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.3 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.53% probability · 43th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-942
- Source
- security-advisories@github.com
References
- https://github.com/HKUDS/LightRAG/commit/09567a4c983f580050db63569dd477122c058c3d
- https://github.com/HKUDS/LightRAG/commit/df68d75f9dc29dd340ffb6794b48f48c4fdc9a2d
- https://github.com/HKUDS/LightRAG/commit/ebba6548639c0f2e8919100eff76b401f1222252
- https://github.com/HKUDS/LightRAG/pull/3317
- https://github.com/HKUDS/LightRAG/releases/tag/v1.5.4
- https://github.com/HKUDS/LightRAG/security/advisories/GHSA-6x6h-qqr7-855w
- https://github.com/HKUDS/LightRAG/security/advisories/GHSA-6x6h-qqr7-855w
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.