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CVE-2026-61736 Detail

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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://github.com/HKUDS/LightRAG/commit/09567a4c983f580050db63569dd477122c058c3d GitHub, Inc.
https://github.com/HKUDS/LightRAG/commit/df68d75f9dc29dd340ffb6794b48f48c4fdc9a2d GitHub, Inc.
https://github.com/HKUDS/LightRAG/commit/ebba6548639c0f2e8919100eff76b401f1222252 GitHub, Inc.
https://github.com/HKUDS/LightRAG/pull/3317 GitHub, Inc.
https://github.com/HKUDS/LightRAG/releases/tag/v1.5.4 GitHub, Inc.
https://github.com/HKUDS/LightRAG/security/advisories/GHSA-6x6h-qqr7-855w CISA-ADP, GitHub, Inc.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-942 Permissive Cross-domain Policy with Untrusted Domains GitHub, Inc.  

Change History

2 change records found show changes

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2026-61736
NVD Published Date:
07/15/2026
NVD Last Modified:
07/15/2026
Source:
GitHub, Inc.