CVE-2026-85734

LightRAG: No Rate Limiting on /login Endpoint Allows Brute-Force Attacks

State
Published
Severity
9.1 Critical
Published
Sep 22, 2026
Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Reserved
Sep 4, 2026

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Description

LightRAG provides simple and fast retrieval-augmented generation. Prior to 1.5.5, the POST /login endpoint in lightrag/api/lightrag_server.py does not impose a rate limit, account lockout, delay, or counter for failed authentication attempts. A network attacker can submit password guesses at full request speed until a valid account password is found. Successful credential recovery grants authenticated access to documents, the knowledge graph, and administrative operations. This issue is fixed in version 1.5.5.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.19.1 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:NGitHub_M

Weaknesses

  • CWE-307 Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LightRAGHKUDS
  • < 1.5.5Affected

References

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