PraisonAI MCPSecurity Basic/OAuth authentication policies accept invalid credentials without validation
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-287.
Summary
PraisonAI is a multi-agent teams system. From 1.5.1 until 1.7.2, MCPSecurity.evaluatePolicy() in src/praisonai-ts/src/mcp/security.ts invokes the configured credential validator only when AuthMethod is api-key or bearer. Basic and OAuth policies accept any non-empty Authorization header without calling auth.validate(), then return an authenticated result, allowing callers with invalid credentials to access MCP tools and resources protected by those policies. This issue is fixed in version 1.7.2.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
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 | 1.5.1 to before 1.7.2 | 1.7.2 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | praisonai (npm) | 1.5.1 to before 1.7.2 | 1.7.2 | Patch available | GHSA-4qq2-2j2x-x62c |
- PraisonAI VendorMervinPraison Affected 1.5.1 to before 1.7.2 Fixed in 1.7.2 Patch available CNA
- praisonai (npm) Vendor— Affected 1.5.1 to before 1.7.2 Fixed in 1.7.2 Patch available GHSA-4qq2-2j2x-x62c
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 1.7.2
- Fix · GHSA-4qq2-2j2x-x62c praisonai (npm) Fixed in 1.7.2 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-57134
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4qq2-2j2x-x62c
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-2026-57134 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-57134 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-4qq2-2j2x-x62c · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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