TI-2026-44036 Aliases CVE-2026-61431 GHSA-q7m5-3jmv-vm48 GHSA-w37c-cq55-frjp

PraisonAI before 4.6.78 Path Traversal via ContextGatherer

MEDIUM 63CWE-22Published 2026-07-10 · Updated 2026-07-10

Key facts

Attack vector: Local
Privileges required: None
User interaction: Passive
Attack complexity: Low
Attack requirements: None
Impact type: Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · None · None
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-22 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

PraisonAI before 4.6.78 contains a path traversal vulnerability in ContextGatherer that fails to validate include paths in .praisoncontext and .praisoninclude files. Attackers can supply absolute paths or parent directory traversal sequences to read arbitrary files outside the workspace and include their contents in the generated context bundle.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00373 31st percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed PraisonAI (MervinPraison): 4.6.78praisonai (PyPI): 4.6.78

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

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
MervinPraison	PraisonAI	before 4.6.78	4.6.78	Patch available	CNA
—	praisonai (PyPI)	before 4.6.78	4.6.78	Patch available	GHSA-q7m5-3jmv-vm48

PraisonAI VendorMervinPraison Affected before 4.6.78 Fixed in 4.6.78 Patch available CNA
praisonai (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 4.6.78 Fixed in 4.6.78 Patch available GHSA-q7m5-3jmv-vm48

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 4.6.78
Fix · GHSA-q7m5-3jmv-vm48 praisonai (PyPI) Fixed in 4.6.78 Advisory →

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

Release · 2026-07-10
MervinPraison PraisonAI 4.6.78
5 records Highest priority Priority HIGH 4 HIGH, 1 MEDIUM
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-44049 PraisonAI before 4.6.78 Code Injection via f-stringPriority HIGH 76
- TI-2026-44039 PraisonAI before 4.6.78 Allowlist Bypass via find -execPriority HIGH 73
- TI-2026-42821 PraisonAI before 4.6.78 Unauthenticated SSRF via webhook_urlPriority HIGH 70
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Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-61431
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-w37c-cq55-frjp
2026-10-08 Alias added: GHSA-q7m5-3jmv-vm48
2026-10-08 Fix available: PyPI/[email protected] · GHSA-q7m5-3jmv-vm48
2026-10-08 CVSS score added · GHSA-q7m5-3jmv-vm48
2026-10-08 Weakness changed · GHSA-q7m5-3jmv-vm48
2026-10-08 4 new references · GHSA-q7m5-3jmv-vm48

References

Patch 1

https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/commit/1620b49f36945d8cc8ee5635b906c960df5097a0

Advisory 2

Other 1

https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI

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

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Sources

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