# CVE-2026-85734: LightRAG: No Rate Limiting on /login Endpoint Allows Brute-Force Attacks

- Also known as: GHSA-FRCH-4W6V-Q5XX, PYSEC-2026-4062
- Severity: CVSS 9.1 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.5.5
- Published: 2026-09-22 · Updated: 2026-09-22

## Affected

- HKUDS LightRAG: fixed in 1.5.5
- lightrag-hku (PyPI): fixed in 1.5.5

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on HKUDS LightRAG, lightrag-hku, upgrade to a fixed version (1.5.5) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/HKUDS/LightRAG/security/advisories/GHSA-frch-4w6v-q5xx
- https://github.com/HKUDS/LightRAG/pull/3424
- https://github.com/HKUDS/LightRAG/commit/135bc9056e9ecd800c1abe2f2ce24d1a86622a54
- https://github.com/HKUDS/LightRAG/releases/tag/v1.5.5

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