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CVE-2026-40287

PraisonAI is a multi-agent teams system. Versions 4.5.138 and below are vulnerable to arbitrary code execution through automatic, unsanitized import of a tools.py file from the current working directory. Components including call.py (import_tools_from_file()), tool_resolver.py (_load_local_tools()), and CLI tool-loading paths blindly import ./tools.py at startup without any validation, sandboxing, or user confirmation. An attacker who can place a malicious tools.py in the directory where Praison
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:e02c23ff37d928d5293333fc46d89fce81b44acb6a8e4bd1f4f271c7af4ed1da
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
2

Preserved source conflicts

No provider value was silently selected as the winner.

affected · 2 assertions

{"product":"praisonaiagents","vendor":"MervinPraison","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"< 1.5.140"}]}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:cc989c1ddd9e279213cac932463f70dd96c84c769f893ef21ee32b655b0482d6 · sha256:cc1088490c10e5ac… · /containers/cna/affected/1

{"product":"PraisonAI","vendor":"MervinPraison","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"< 4.5.139"}]}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:cc989c1ddd9e279213cac932463f70dd96c84c769f893ef21ee32b655b0482d6 · sha256:cc1088490c10e5ac… · /containers/cna/affected/0
cwe · 2 assertions

{"cweId":"CWE-94","description":"CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:cc989c1ddd9e279213cac932463f70dd96c84c769f893ef21ee32b655b0482d6 · sha256:cc1088490c10e5ac… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

{"cweId":"CWE-426","description":"CWE-426: Untrusted Search Path","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:cc989c1ddd9e279213cac932463f70dd96c84c769f893ef21ee32b655b0482d6 · sha256:cc1088490c10e5ac… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/1/descriptions/0

Affected products and versions

2 source assertions
{"product":"praisonaiagents","vendor":"MervinPraison","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"< 1.5.140"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:cc989c1ddd9e279213cac932463f70dd96c84c769f893ef21ee32b655b0482d6 · sha256:cc1088490c10e5ac… · /containers/cna/affected/1
{"product":"PraisonAI","vendor":"MervinPraison","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"< 4.5.139"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:cc989c1ddd9e279213cac932463f70dd96c84c769f893ef21ee32b655b0482d6 · sha256:cc1088490c10e5ac… · /containers/cna/affected/0

Provider-owned CVSS observations

1 source assertion
{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"LOCAL","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","baseScore":8.4,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:cc989c1ddd9e279213cac932463f70dd96c84c769f893ef21ee32b655b0482d6 · sha256:cc1088490c10e5ac… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV3_1

CWE assertions

2 source assertions
{"cweId":"CWE-94","description":"CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:cc989c1ddd9e279213cac932463f70dd96c84c769f893ef21ee32b655b0482d6 · sha256:cc1088490c10e5ac… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
{"cweId":"CWE-426","description":"CWE-426: Untrusted Search Path","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:cc989c1ddd9e279213cac932463f70dd96c84c769f893ef21ee32b655b0482d6 · sha256:cc1088490c10e5ac… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/1/descriptions/0

Source references

2 source assertions
{"tags":["exploit"],"url":"https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/security/advisories/GHSA-g985-wjh9-qxxc"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:cc989c1ddd9e279213cac932463f70dd96c84c769f893ef21ee32b655b0482d6 · sha256:cc1088490c10e5ac… · /containers/adp/0/references/0
{"name":"https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/security/advisories/GHSA-g985-wjh9-qxxc","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"],"url":"https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/security/advisories/GHSA-g985-wjh9-qxxc"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:cc989c1ddd9e279213cac932463f70dd96c84c769f893ef21ee32b655b0482d6 · sha256:cc1088490c10e5ac… · /containers/cna/references/0

Attribution and limitations

  • CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →

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