Skip to main content

Praisonai EUVDEUVD-2026-21166

| CVE-2026-40148 MEDIUM
Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification) (CWE-409)
2026-04-09 GitHub_M GHSA-f2h6-7xfr-xm8w
6.5
CVSS 3.1 · GitHub Advisory
View

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
ASVS 5.0
V2 - Validation and Business Logic Compression ratio limits
Impact

The CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium) with network vector (AV:N), low complexity (AC:L), and no privilege requirement (PR:N) reflects remote exploitability with minimal attacker effort. However, the vector includes UI:R (requires user interaction), indicating a user must pull a recipe bundle for the attack to succeed-this significantly reduces real-world risk in fully automated deployments. The EPSS score is not provided, limiting quantitative exploitation probability assessment. No CISA KEV status or public proof-of-concept code is documented in the supplied data, indicating this is not confirmed as actively exploited in the wild at the time of analysis. The availability impact (A:H) is the sole impact vector, limiting scope to denial of service rather than confidentiality or integrity compromise. Risk is moderate if users regularly pull untrusted recipe bundles; risk is low in organizations that curate internal recipe sources or run PraisonAI in isolated environments with quota enforcement. The fix version (4.5.128) is available, making remediation straightforward.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker publishes a malicious recipe bundle to a public or internal recipe registry containing a highly compressible file (e.g., a 10GB archive of zeros compressed to approximately 10MB). When a developer or automated process executes LocalRegistry.pull() or HttpRegistry.pull() to fetch this recipe, the _safe_extractall() function extracts the archive without size validation, causing the system's disk to fill completely and triggering denial of service. No prior interaction or authentication is required beyond a user initiating the recipe pull operation, making this a low-friction attack against organizations that do not validate recipe sources. The user interaction requirement (UI:R in CVSS) means this is not remotely triggerable without user involvement, limiting automated exploitation scenarios.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
Patch available 0.0% exploitation probability (EPSS)

Get an e-mail when this CVE is exploited, patched or re-scored. Free account.

Alert me

AnalysisAIv1 – Apr 09, 2026

Disk exhaustion in PraisonAI prior to 4.5.128 allows remote attackers to consume arbitrary disk space by publishing malicious recipe bundles containing highly compressible data that expand dramatically during extraction. The vulnerability exists in the _safe_extractall() function, which validates only path traversal attacks but lacks checks on individual member sizes, cumulative extracted size, or member count before tar extraction, enabling an unauthenticated attacker to trigger denial of service via LocalRegistry.pull() or HttpRegistry.pull() with minimal user interaction.

RemediationAI

Vendor-released patch: Upgrade PraisonAI to version 4.5.128 or later, which implements resource validation checks in the _safe_extractall() function to enforce limits on individual member sizes, cumulative extracted size, and member count before tar extraction. Organizations unable to upgrade immediately should restrict recipe bundle pulls to trusted, curated sources and implement filesystem quota enforcement at the operating system level to limit maximum disk allocation per PraisonAI process. Additionally, monitor disk usage during recipe pulls and configure alerts to detect anomalous extraction patterns. Full remediation guidance is available in the GitHub security advisory at https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/security/advisories/GHSA-f2h6-7xfr-xm8w.

Affected VersionsENISA

PraisonAI < 4.5.128

Affected Packages

pypi praisonai fix: 4.5.128

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in pypi

Checking this CVE against your own stacks and servers is part of the Basic plan and up.

Technical ContextAI · show details

PraisonAI is a multi-agent systems framework that uses a recipe registry mechanism to distribute and pull agent configurations and dependencies. The vulnerability resides in the archive extraction logic used by both LocalRegistry and HttpRegistry pull operations. The _safe_extractall() function implements partial validation by checking archive members against path traversal patterns (e.g., directory escape via ../ sequences), but omits critical resource consumption controls. When tar.extractall() is invoked on a crafted archive, no limits prevent decompression bombs-highly compressed files (e.g., 10GB of repetitive zero bytes compressed to ~10MB) that expand to their full size on extraction. This is a classic CWE-409 (Improper Resource Validation) issue where the application consumes resources without enforcing quotas or size thresholds. The affected CPE (mervinpraison:praisonai) indicates this affects the open-source PraisonAI package across all versions prior to 4.5.128.

Know when Praisonai gets its next vulnerability

  • Watch products and get an email when something new is published
  • Check this CVE against your own stack and servers
  • Exploit and PoC references, threat intelligence from 22 sources

No credit card · 7-day full trial

Severity by source

GitHub Advisory PRIMARY 6.5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Primary rating from GitHub Advisory · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorGitHub Advisory

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

2
Patch released
Apr 10, 2026 - 20:30 nvd
Patch available
CVE Published
Apr 09, 2026 - 21:22 nvd
MEDIUM 6.5

DescriptionGitHub Advisory

PraisonAI is a multi-agent teams system. Prior to 4.5.128, the _safe_extractall() function in PraisonAI's recipe registry validates archive members against path traversal attacks but performs no checks on individual member sizes, cumulative extracted size, or member count before calling tar.extractall(). An attacker can publish a malicious recipe bundle containing highly compressible data (e.g., 10GB of zeros compressing to ~10MB) that exhausts the victim's disk when pulled via LocalRegistry.pull() or HttpRegistry.pull(). This vulnerability is fixed in 4.5.128.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.0%
Top 90% exploitable
Threat Intel
1
1 source
Data Quality
5 sources
Confidence: Medium
EUVD NVD CVE.org EPSS Vulnrichment GHSA GitHub

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.0%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation
Poc
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
No
Human Impact· derived
Medium
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

32
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +32
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Path traversal exploits occur when applications use user-controlled input to construct file system paths without proper validation.

CVE-2026-57139 CRITICAL POC
9.8 Sep 15

PraisonAI's TypeScript MCP server (npm package `praisonai`, versions 1.5.0 through 1.7.1) exposes an HTTP JSON-RPC trans

CVE-2026-55536 CRITICAL POC
9.1 Aug 25

WebSocket origin-validation bypass in PraisonAI's Browser Server (praisonai/browser/server.py) before 4.6.58 lets an att

CVE-2026-55541 HIGH POC
8.8 Aug 25

PraisonAI's `praisonai serve` subsystem (agents and unified modes) accepts an `--api-key` CLI flag that is parsed but ne

CVE-2026-55534 HIGH POC
8.6 Aug 25

Unauthenticated remote agent invocation in PraisonAI versions 4.6.34 through 4.6.57 allows any network-reachable caller

CVE-2026-55526 HIGH POC
8.5 Aug 25

SSRF protection bypass in PraisonAI's praisonaiagents library (all versions before 1.6.58) lets low-privileged users rou

CVE-2026-55533 HIGH POC
8.2 Aug 25

Authentication fail-open in PraisonAI's Recipe HTTP server allows unauthenticated remote attackers to invoke recipe exec

CVE-2026-55528 HIGH POC
8.2 Aug 25

Authentication bypass in PraisonAI's AgentServer component exposes all routes - /publish, /events, /info, /health - to u

CVE-2026-55522 HIGH POC
7.8 Aug 05

Arbitrary Python code execution in PraisonAI's workflow include feature allows an attacker who controls a local recipe d

CVE-2026-55523 HIGH POC
7.7 Aug 05

Server-side request forgery in PraisonAI's web_crawl() function (versions 1.5.128-1.6.57) allows an attacker who can inf

CVE-2026-55532 HIGH POC
7.6 Aug 25

Cross-site request forgery against the PraisonAI MCP HTTP-stream transport allows unauthenticated remote attackers to ex

CVE-2026-44338 HIGH POC
7.3 May 08

Remote unauthenticated access to PraisonAI's legacy Flask API server allows attackers to execute configured agent workfl

CVE-2026-55527 HIGH POC
7.1 Aug 25

Path traversal in praisonaiagents prior to 1.6.58 allows a low-privileged caller to write arbitrary JSON files to any pr

This site uses cookies essential for authentication and security. No tracking or analytics cookies are used. Privacy Policy