CVE-2026-61808 is a critical missing-authentication vulnerability in HKUDS LightRAG affecting versions through 1.5.4. In the default configuration, the LightRAG API server binds to all network interfaces and does not require authentication, exposing administrative and data-handling API functionality to remote unauthenticated users. A network attacker can interact directly with the API to read indexed document content, upload or delete documents, modify the knowledge graph, cancel processing pipelines, clear caches, and trigger resource-consuming operations. The issue stems from insecure default exposure of critical API functions rather than a memory-corruption flaw or complex exploit chain.
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An unauthenticated default exposure issue in LightRAG where a default deployment/configuration appears to expose the /documents endpoint without requiring an API key until authentication settings are configured.
A critical missing authentication vulnerability in LightRAG's API server default configuration that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to access and manipulate data and consume LLM resources.
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