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…

PriorityP349high8.4CVSS 3.1

AVLACLPRNUINSUCHIHAH

EPSS

0.25%

15.8th percentile

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 PraisonAI is launched (such as through a shared project, cloned repository, or writable workspace) achieves immediate arbitrary Python code execution in the host environment. This compromises the full PraisonAI process, the host system, and any connected data or credentials. This issue has been fixed in version 4.5.139.

Affected

9 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
mervinpraison	praisonai	—	—
mervinpraison	praisonai	>= 0 < 4.6.40	4.6.40
mervinpraison	praisonai	>= 0 < 4.6.59	4.6.59
mervinpraison	praisonai	>= 0 < 4.5.139	4.5.139
mervinpraison	praisonai	>= 4.5.139 < 4.6.32	4.6.32
mervinpraison	praisonaiagents	>= 0 < 1.5.140	1.5.140
praison	praisonai	< 4.5.139	4.5.139
praison	praisonai	>= 4.5.139 < 4.6.32	4.6.32
praison	praisonaiagents	< 1.5.140	1.5.140

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.18.4HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

ghsa8.4HIGH

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