Description
LightRAG provides simple and fast retrieval-augmented generation. Prior to 1.4.14, the LightRAG API is vulnerable to a JWT algorithm confusion attack where an attacker can forge tokens by specifying 'alg': 'none' in the JWT header. Since the jwt.decode() call does not explicitly deny the 'none' algorithm, a crafted token without a signature will be accepted as valid, leading to unauthorized access. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.4.14.
Affected products
hkuds: lightrag
References2
- github.com/HKUDS/LightRAG/security/advisories/GHSA-8ffj-4hx4-9p… ExploitMitigationVendor Advisory
- github.com/github/advisory-database/issues/7373
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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6.5
MEDIUM
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 8 · as of 12 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-347
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