CVE-2026-85734: CWE-307: Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts in HKUDS LightRAG
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.
CVE-2026-85734: CWE-307: Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts in HKUDS LightRAG
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.
CVSS v3.1
Score 9.1critical
Affected software
HKUDS
LightRAG
Weaknesses
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- GitHub_M
- Date Reserved
- 2026-09-04T14:50:16.719Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6ab2add8f7a7c541066e1176
Added to database: 09/22/2026, 16:33:28 UTC
Last updated: 09/22/2026, 16:33:28 UTC
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