PraisonAI before 1.6.78 Remote Code Execution via CodeAgent
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Code execution, Information disclosure
- 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 and CWE-200.
Summary
PraisonAI before 1.6.78 contains a remote code execution vulnerability in CodeAgent._execute_python() that executes LLM-generated Python code without AST validation, import restrictions, or sandbox enforcement. Attackers can influence LLM output through prompt injection to exfiltrate all environment secrets and execute arbitrary code on the host system.
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 1.6.78 | 1.6.78 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | praisonaiagents (PyPI) | before 1.6.78 | 1.6.78 | Patch available | GHSA-2xv2-w8cq-5gxw |
- PraisonAI VendorMervinPraison Affected before 1.6.78 Fixed in 1.6.78 Patch available CNA
- praisonaiagents (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 1.6.78 Fixed in 1.6.78 Patch available GHSA-2xv2-w8cq-5gxw
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 1.6.78
- Fix · GHSA-2xv2-w8cq-5gxw praisonaiagents (PyPI) Fixed in 1.6.78 Advisory →
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
MervinPraison PraisonAI 1.6.78
2 records Highest priority Priority HIGH 2 HIGH
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-44034 PraisonAI before 1.6.78 SSRF via Crawl4AI Chromium backendPriority HIGH 70
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-61447
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mhgx-w3w5-2rvc
- 2026-10-08 Alias added: GHSA-2xv2-w8cq-5gxw
- 2026-10-08 Fix available: PyPI/[email protected] · GHSA-2xv2-w8cq-5gxw
- 2026-10-08 CVSS score added · GHSA-2xv2-w8cq-5gxw
- 2026-10-08 Weakness changed · GHSA-2xv2-w8cq-5gxw
- 2026-10-08 3 new references · GHSA-2xv2-w8cq-5gxw
- 2026-10-26 EPSS moved to the 95th–99th percentile
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-2026-41123 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
- TI-2026-41110 praisonai: Jobs API exposes agent-execution endpoints with no authentication CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2026-61447 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-61447 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-2xv2-w8cq-5gxw · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- GHSA-mhgx-w3w5-2rvc · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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