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CVE-2025-6773
Path Traversal in lightrag-hku (CVE-2025-6773)
Summary
path traversal in lightrag-hku (CVE-2025-6773). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to `1.3.8` or later.
AI summary snake-internal / snake-material-v2
A vulnerability tracked as **CVE-2025-6773** has been found in lightrag-hku.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: ?/10.
What to do: upgrade lightrag-hku to **1.3.8** or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "lightrag-hku CVE-2025-6773" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2025-6773 (lightrag-hku) — CWE-22 /
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Patched: `1.3.8` — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
❓ What is the problem
**Path traversal** (CWE-22) exists in lightrag-hku.
📍 Affected scope
lightrag-hku — .
🔥 Severity
Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure
🔧 How to fix
Update to **1.3.8**.
🛡️ Workaround
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
🔍 Detection
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run `grep -r 'lightrag-hku' .` against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response Actions (7 steps)
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'lightrag-hku' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で `lightrag-hku` を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
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6Apply patch patch
Upgrade lightrag-hku to 1.3.8ステージング環境で 1.3.8 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスと、Step 3 で見つけた異常検知の続報チェックを含めること。
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7Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番では Step 3 と同じログクエリでアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
PyPI
lightrag-hku
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.3.8"}]}]
References
- advisory https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-6773
- advisory https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-v9w6-9hq9-33ch
- package https://github.com/HKUDS/LightRAG
- package https://pypi.org/project/lightrag-hku
- web https://github.com/HKUDS/LightRAG/issues/1692
- web https://github.com/HKUDS/LightRAG/issues/1692#issuecomment-3009368235
- web https://github.com/HKUDS/LightRAG/commit/60777d535b719631680bcf5d0969bdef79ca4eaf
- web https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.314089
- web https://vuldb.com/?id.314089
- web https://vuldb.com/?submit.601276