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TI-2026-28943 Aliases CVE-2026-40117GHSA-grrg-5cg9-58pf

PraisonAIAgents Affected by Arbitrary File Read via read_skill_file Missing Workspace Boundary and Approval Gate

Priority HIGH 66CWE-862Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-862.

Summary

PraisonAIAgents is a multi-agent teams system. Prior to 1.5.128, read_skill_file() in skill_tools.py allows reading arbitrary files from the filesystem by accepting an unrestricted skill_path parameter. Unlike file_tools.read_file which enforces workspace boundary confinement, and unlike run_skill_script which requires critical-level approval, read_skill_file has neither protection. An agent influenced by prompt injection can exfiltrate sensitive files without triggering any approval prompt. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.5.128.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00351 28th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed PraisonAIAgents (MervinPraison): 1.5.128praisonaiagents (PyPI): 1.5.128

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
MervinPraisonPraisonAIAgentsbefore 1.5.1281.5.128Patch availableCNA
—praisonaiagents (PyPI)before 1.5.1281.5.128Patch availableGHSA-grrg-5cg9-58pf
  • PraisonAIAgents VendorMervinPraison Affected before 1.5.128 Fixed in 1.5.128 Patch available CNA
  • praisonaiagents (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 1.5.128 Fixed in 1.5.128 Patch available GHSA-grrg-5cg9-58pf

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:praison:praisonaiagents:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 1.5.128VulnerableMervinPraison
  • cpe:2.3:a:praison:praisonaiagents:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 1.5.128 Vulnerable ·MervinPraison

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA PraisonAIAgents (MervinPraison) Fixed in 1.5.128
  • Fix · GHSA-grrg-5cg9-58pf praisonaiagents (PyPI) Fixed in 1.5.128 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-40117
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-grrg-5cg9-58pf

References

Exploit 1

Advisory 1

Other 1

  • TI-2026-29070 PraisonAI: Critical RCE via `type: job` workflow YAML CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-27162 PraisonAI: Python Sandbox Escape via str Subclass startswith() Override in execute_code CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2026-29071 PraisonAI Browser Server allows unauthenticated WebSocket clients to hijack connected extension sessions CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
  • TI-2026-32306 PraisonAI has unsafe tool resolution in `ToolExecutionMixin.execute_tool`: undeclared `__main__` callables execute CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
  • TI-2026-27178 PraisonAI: SSRF in FileTools.download_file() via Unvalidated URL CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
  • TI-2026-27161 PraisonAI: Shell Injection in run_python() via Unescaped $() Substitution CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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Sources

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