PraisonAI: Unauthenticated RCE via Jobs API + Approval Bypass
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-306.
Summary
PraisonAI is a multi-agent teams system. Prior to praisonai 4.6.59 and praisonaiagents 1.6.59, the unauthenticated POST /api/v1/runs Jobs API accepts attacker-controlled agent_yaml, and the approve field can mark execute_command as YAML-approved before @require_approval checks critical tools. This chain allows a remote caller to cause a configured language model agent to invoke arbitrary operating-system commands without credentials or operator interaction. This vulnerability is fixed in praisonai 4.6.59 and praisonaiagents 1.6.59 as fixed versions.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MervinPraison | PraisonAI | before 4.6.59 | 4.6.59 | Patch available | CNA |
| MervinPraison | praisonaiagents | before 1.6.59 | 1.6.59 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | praisonai (PyPI) | before 4.6.59 | 4.6.59 | Patch available | GHSA-4869-x4pr-q22x |
| — | praisonaiagents (PyPI) | before 1.6.59 | 1.6.59 | Patch available | GHSA-4869-x4pr-q22x |
- PraisonAI VendorMervinPraison Affected before 4.6.59 Fixed in 4.6.59 Patch available CNA
- praisonaiagents VendorMervinPraison Affected before 1.6.59 Fixed in 1.6.59 Patch available CNA
- praisonai (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 4.6.59 Fixed in 4.6.59 Patch available GHSA-4869-x4pr-q22x
- praisonaiagents (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 1.6.59 Fixed in 1.6.59 Patch available GHSA-4869-x4pr-q22x
CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1
Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:praison:praisonai:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | — | — | MervinPraison |
- cpe:2.3:a:praison:praisonai:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·MervinPraison
Remediation
- Fix · CNA PraisonAI (MervinPraison) Fixed in 4.6.59
- Fix · CNA praisonaiagents (MervinPraison) Fixed in 1.6.59
- Fix · GHSA-4869-x4pr-q22x praisonai (PyPI) Fixed in 4.6.59 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-4869-x4pr-q22x praisonaiagents (PyPI) Fixed in 1.6.59 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-57125
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4869-x4pr-q22x
References
More MervinPraison vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-79619 Missing authentication in PraisonAI AgentOS exposes agent chat CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-71236 Missing access control in PraisonAI AgentTeam exposes agent endpoints CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-44052 PraisonAI before 1.6.78 Remote Code Execution via CodeAgent CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2026-41123 praisonai-platform 0.1.4 still boots on the hardcoded JWT secret dev-secret-change-me (default-open production guard) CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-41122 praisonai-platform: default JWT signing secret 'dev-secret-change-me' enables token forgery CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-41118 PraisonAI MCPServer exposes unauthenticated HTTP tools/call CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2026-57125 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-57125 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-4869-x4pr-q22x · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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