PraisonAI before 4.6.78 Code Injection via API deployment generator
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Passive
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-94.
Summary
PraisonAI before 4.6.78 fails to safely encode deployment configuration values when generating Python source code for API servers. Attackers can inject arbitrary Python expressions through the deploy.api.host and agents_file configuration parameters that execute when the generated server starts or handles requests.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- 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 4.6.78 | 4.6.78 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | praisonai (PyPI) | before 4.6.78 | 4.6.78 | Patch available | GHSA-79fv-7hq9-w7xg |
- 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-79fv-7hq9-w7xg
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-79fv-7hq9-w7xg 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 ·
MervinPraison PraisonAI 4.6.78
6 records Highest priority Priority HIGH 4 HIGH, 1 MEDIUM, 1 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-44041 PraisonAI before 4.6.78 Missing Webhook Signature VerificationPriority HIGH 77
- TI-2026-44040 PraisonAI before 4.6.78 Authentication Bypass via Host Header SpoofingPriority HIGH 77
- TI-2026-44032 PraisonAI before 4.6.78 Authentication Bypass via HTTP-streamPriority HIGH 70
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-61433
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qpq9-hwx9-cwgc
- 2026-10-09 Alias added: GHSA-79fv-7hq9-w7xg
- 2026-10-09 Fix available: PyPI/[email protected] · GHSA-79fv-7hq9-w7xg
- 2026-10-09 CVSS score added · GHSA-79fv-7hq9-w7xg
- 2026-10-09 Weakness changed · GHSA-79fv-7hq9-w7xg
- 2026-10-09 5 new references · GHSA-79fv-7hq9-w7xg
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-2026-61433 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-61433 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-79fv-7hq9-w7xg · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- GHSA-qpq9-hwx9-cwgc · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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