CVE-2026-47393
criticalpriority · track · 0OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.006 · 48 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
PraisonAI is a multi-agent teams system. CVE-2026-44338 (GHSA-6rmh-7xcm-cpxj) documents that PraisonAI ships a code-generator (`praisonai.deploy.api.generate_api_server_code`) that emits a Flask API server with authentication disabled by default. Users who follow the documented quickstart (`praisonai deploy --type api`) get a server that binds to `0.0.0.0` per the recommended sample YAML, exposes `/chat` and `/agents` endpoints, runs `praisonai.run()` on user-supplied JSON input — LLM orchestration with the API key materials present in the process environment, and does not require any authentication. Versions prior to 4.6.40 still ship the generator with `auth_enabled` defaulting to `False`. The fix shape is opt-in via `APIConfig(auth_enabled=True, auth_token=...)`. Version 4.6.40 fixes the issue.
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- GHSA-8444-4fhq-fxpqPraisonAI `deploy --type api` emits a Flask server with authentication disabled by default2026-05-29ghsa · osvUS
### Summary CVE-2026-44338 (GHSA-6rmh-7xcm-cpxj) documents that PraisonAI ships a code-generator (`praisonai.deploy.api.generate_api_server_code`) that emits a Flask API server with authentication disabled by default. Users who follow the documented quickstart (`praisonai deploy --type api`) get a server that: - binds to `0.0.0.0` per the recommended sample YAML - exposes `/chat` and `/agents` endpoints - runs `praisonai.run()` on user-supplied JSON input — LLM orchestration with the API key materials present in the process environment - does not require any authentication The PyPI wheel `praisonai==4.6.33` (current `@latest`) still ships the generator with `auth_enabled` defaulting to `False`. The fix shape is opt-in via `APIConfig(auth_enabled=True, auth_token=...)`. ### Details **Anchor (file:line:symbol)** - Vulnerable artifact: `praisonai==4.6.33` on PyPI. - Defaults: `praisonai/deploy/models.py:29` — `auth_enabled: bool = Field(default=False, ...)`; `praisonai/deploy/models.py:30` — `auth_token: Optional[str] = Field(default=None, ...)`. - Generator: `praisonai/deploy/api.py:40` — `AUTH_ENABLED = {config.auth_enabled}`; `api.py:41` — `AUTH_TOKEN = {repr(config.auth_token)}`; `api.py:43-49` — `def check_auth(): if not AUTH_ENABLED: return True`. - CLI entry: documented as `praisonai deploy --type api` (vendor README); produces the generator output above with no flag required to suppress the warning, because no warning is emitted. **Vulnerable code (verbatim from installed wheel)** ```python # praisonai/deploy/models.py (praisonai==4.6.33) class APIConfig(BaseModel): host: str = Field(default="127.0.0.1", description="Server host") port: int = Field(default=8005, description="Server port") cors_enabled: bool = Field(default=True, description="Enable CORS") auth_enabled: bool = Field(default=False, description="Enable authentication") # line 29 auth_token: Optional[str] = Field(default=None, description="Authentication token") # line 30 ``` ```python # praisonai/deploy/api.py (praisonai==4.6.33) code = f\'\'\'... # Authentication AUTH_ENABLED = {config.auth_enabled} # False by default AUTH_TOKEN = {repr(config.auth_token)} # None by default def check_auth(): if not AUTH_ENABLED: return True # short-circuit, accept all token = request.headers.get(\'Authorization\', \'\').replace(\'Bearer \', \'\') return token == AUTH_TOKEN ... \'\'\' ``` A default invocation of the deploy command emits a server whose `check_auth()` short-circuits to `True` and accepts unauthenticated `/chat`, `/agents` POSTs. ### PoC ```python #!/usr/bin/env python3 """ legend-c420 PoC - PraisonAI 4.6.33 generates Flask API server with auth disabled by default. Class H sibling of CVE-2026-44338. Phase 1: reflect on praisonai.deploy.models.APIConfig defaults. Phase 2: call generate_api_server_code(default config) and assert the emitted source contains AUTH_ENABLED = False and the short-circuit return. Phase 3: re-run with auth_enabled=True, auth_token='s3cret-bearer-value' and confirm the emitted source flips to the secure shape. Exit code 0 = PASS = vulnerable defaults confirmed. """ import sys, traceback def phase1_dataclass_defaults(): print("PHASE 1 - praisonai.deploy.models.APIConfig default values") from praisonai.deploy.models import APIConfig cfg = APIConfig() checks = [ ("auth_enabled", cfg.auth_enabled, False), ("auth_token", cfg.auth_token, None), ] for name, observed, expected in checks: ok = observed == expected mark = "VULNERABLE" if name in ("auth_enabled","auth_token") and ok else "ok" print(f" {name:14s} = {observed!r:18s} (expected {expected!r}) [{mark}]") assert ok print(" >> APIConfig defaults reproduce the CVE-2026-44338 shape.") def phase2_default_generator_emits_unauth(): print("PHASE 2 - generate_api_server_code(default config) emits unauth server") from praisonai.deploy.models import APIConfig from praisonai.deploy.api import generate_api_server_code src = generate_api_server_code("agents.yaml", config=APIConfig()) for needle in ["AUTH_ENABLED = False","AUTH_TOKEN = None","if not AUTH_ENABLED:","return True"]: assert needle in src, f"missing: {needle!r}" print(f" [FOUND] {needle!r}") print(" >> Default-config generator emits Flask server with check_auth() short-circuit.") def phase3_fix_shape_available(): print("PHASE 3 - auth_enabled=True flips to secure shape") from praisonai.deploy.models import APIConfig from praisonai.deploy.api import generate_api_server_code cfg = APIConfig(auth_enabled=True, auth_token="s3cret-bearer-value") src = generate_api_server_code("agents.yaml", config=cfg) assert "AUTH_ENABLED = True" in src assert "AUTH_ENABLED = False" not in src print(" >> Fix shape works when toggled. Class H confirmed: default is insecure.") def main(): print("=" * 64) print("legend-c420 PoC - PraisonAI default-config AUTH_ENABLED=False") print("=" * 64) try: phase1_dataclass_defaults() phase2_default_generator_emits_unauth() phase3_fix_shape_available() except Exception: traceback.print_exc() print("FAIL"); sys.exit(2) print("PASS 3/3 phases. EXIT 0.") sys.exit(0) if __name__ == "__main__": main() ``` **PoC dependencies:** `praisonai==4.6.33` from PyPI. Tested on Python 3.11. **Run log verdict:** `PASS 3/3 phases. EXIT 0.` — vulnerable-default shape confirmed. `auth_enabled=False` by default, `check_auth()` short-circuits to `True`, fix toggle exists but is opt-in. ### Impact An operator who runs the vendor-documented quickstart (`pip install praisonai && praisonai deploy --type api`) gets a network-reachable Flask server that invokes `praisonai.run()` on attacker-supplied JSON with the user's LLM API keys in the process environment. The attacker reaches arbitrary LLM-orchestration (including any tool-use the agents define, which in PraisonAI commonly includes `python_repl`, `bash`, file I/O, and HTTP calls), with the host's API-key credit billed to the operator. - **Belief:** CVE-2026-44338 was filed and triaged. - **Reality:** `praisonai==4.6.33` is current `@latest` on PyPI (2026-05-16). The generator still defaults to `auth_enabled=False`. - **Gap:** The CVE acknowledges the fix shape exists. The fix is opt-in. The default-config consumer remains vulnerable. **Parent CVE:** CVE-2026-44338 / GHSA-6rmh-7xcm-cpxj
- PYSEC-2026-465PraisonAI `deploy --type api` emits a Flask server with authentication disabled by default2026-06-29vendor · osvUS
### Summary CVE-2026-44338 (GHSA-6rmh-7xcm-cpxj) documents that PraisonAI ships a code-generator (`praisonai.deploy.api.generate_api_server_code`) that emits a Flask API server with authentication disabled by default. Users who follow the documented quickstart (`praisonai deploy --type api`) get a server that: - binds to `0.0.0.0` per the recommended sample YAML - exposes `/chat` and `/agents` endpoints - runs `praisonai.run()` on user-supplied JSON input — LLM orchestration with the API key materials present in the process environment - does not require any authentication The PyPI wheel `praisonai==4.6.33` (current `@latest`) still ships the generator with `auth_enabled` defaulting to `False`. The fix shape is opt-in via `APIConfig(auth_enabled=True, auth_token=...)`. ### Details **Anchor (file:line:symbol)** - Vulnerable artifact: `praisonai==4.6.33` on PyPI. - Defaults: `praisonai/deploy/models.py:29` — `auth_enabled: bool = Field(default=False, ...)`; `praisonai/deploy/models.py:30` — `auth_token: Optional[str] = Field(default=None, ...)`. - Generator: `praisonai/deploy/api.py:40` — `AUTH_ENABLED = {config.auth_enabled}`; `api.py:41` — `AUTH_TOKEN = {repr(config.auth_token)}`; `api.py:43-49` — `def check_auth(): if not AUTH_ENABLED: return True`. - CLI entry: documented as `praisonai deploy --type api` (vendor README); produces the generator output above with no flag required to suppress the warning, because no warning is emitted. **Vulnerable code (verbatim from installed wheel)** ```python # praisonai/deploy/models.py (praisonai==4.6.33) class APIConfig(BaseModel): host: str = Field(default="127.0.0.1", description="Server host") port: int = Field(default=8005, description="Server port") cors_enabled: bool = Field(default=True, description="Enable CORS") auth_enabled: bool = Field(default=False, description="Enable authentication") # line 29 auth_token: Optional[str] = Field(default=None, description="Authentication token") # line 30 ``` ```python # praisonai/deploy/api.py (praisonai==4.6.33) code = f\'\'\'... # Authentication AUTH_ENABLED = {config.auth_enabled} # False by default AUTH_TOKEN = {repr(config.auth_token)} # None by default def check_auth(): if not AUTH_ENABLED: return True # short-circuit, accept all token = request.headers.get(\'Authorization\', \'\').replace(\'Bearer \', \'\') return token == AUTH_TOKEN ... \'\'\' ``` A default invocation of the deploy command emits a server whose `check_auth()` short-circuits to `True` and accepts unauthenticated `/chat`, `/agents` POSTs. ### PoC ```python #!/usr/bin/env python3 """ legend-c420 PoC - PraisonAI 4.6.33 generates Flask API server with auth disabled by default. Class H sibling of CVE-2026-44338. Phase 1: reflect on praisonai.deploy.models.APIConfig defaults. Phase 2: call generate_api_server_code(default config) and assert the emitted source contains AUTH_ENABLED = False and the short-circuit return. Phase 3: re-run with auth_enabled=True, auth_token='s3cret-bearer-value' and confirm the emitted source flips to the secure shape. Exit code 0 = PASS = vulnerable defaults confirmed. """ import sys, traceback def phase1_dataclass_defaults(): print("PHASE 1 - praisonai.deploy.models.APIConfig default values") from praisonai.deploy.models import APIConfig cfg = APIConfig() checks = [ ("auth_enabled", cfg.auth_enabled, False), ("auth_token", cfg.auth_token, None), ] for name, observed, expected in checks: ok = observed == expected mark = "VULNERABLE" if name in ("auth_enabled","auth_token") and ok else "ok" print(f" {name:14s} = {observed!r:18s} (expected {expected!r}) [{mark}]") assert ok print(" >> APIConfig defaults reproduce the CVE-2026-44338 shape.") def phase2_default_generator_emits_unauth(): print("PHASE 2 - generate_api_server_code(default config) emits unauth server") from praisonai.deploy.models import APIConfig from praisonai.deploy.api import generate_api_server_code src = generate_api_server_code("agents.yaml", config=APIConfig()) for needle in ["AUTH_ENABLED = False","AUTH_TOKEN = None","if not AUTH_ENABLED:","return True"]: assert needle in src, f"missing: {needle!r}" print(f" [FOUND] {needle!r}") print(" >> Default-config generator emits Flask server with check_auth() short-circuit.") def phase3_fix_shape_available(): print("PHASE 3 - auth_enabled=True flips to secure shape") from praisonai.deploy.models import APIConfig from praisonai.deploy.api import generate_api_server_code cfg = APIConfig(auth_enabled=True, auth_token="s3cret-bearer-value") src = generate_api_server_code("agents.yaml", config=cfg) assert "AUTH_ENABLED = True" in src assert "AUTH_ENABLED = False" not in src print(" >> Fix shape works when toggled. Class H confirmed: default is insecure.") def main(): print("=" * 64) print("legend-c420 PoC - PraisonAI default-config AUTH_ENABLED=False") print("=" * 64) try: phase1_dataclass_defaults() phase2_default_generator_emits_unauth() phase3_fix_shape_available() except Exception: traceback.print_exc() print("FAIL"); sys.exit(2) print("PASS 3/3 phases. EXIT 0.") sys.exit(0) if __name__ == "__main__": main() ``` **PoC dependencies:** `praisonai==4.6.33` from PyPI. Tested on Python 3.11. **Run log verdict:** `PASS 3/3 phases. EXIT 0.` — vulnerable-default shape confirmed. `auth_enabled=False` by default, `check_auth()` short-circuits to `True`, fix toggle exists but is opt-in. ### Impact An operator who runs the vendor-documented quickstart (`pip install praisonai && praisonai deploy --type api`) gets a network-reachable Flask server that invokes `praisonai.run()` on attacker-supplied JSON with the user's LLM API keys in the process environment. The attacker reaches arbitrary LLM-orchestration (including any tool-use the agents define, which in PraisonAI commonly includes `python_repl`, `bash`, file I/O, and HTTP calls), with the host's API-key credit billed to the operator. - **Belief:** CVE-2026-44338 was filed and triaged. - **Reality:** `praisonai==4.6.33` is current `@latest` on PyPI (2026-05-16). The generator still defaults to `auth_enabled=False`. - **Gap:** The CVE acknowledges the fix shape exists. The fix is opt-in. The default-config consumer remains vulnerable. **Parent CVE:** CVE-2026-44338 / GHSA-6rmh-7xcm-cpxj
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- https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/commit/ef79b7a0561796ad9807f0f09538c25cc78d3619cnnvd
- https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/pull/1685cnnvd
- https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/releasesPatchcnnvd
- https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/security/advisories/GHSA-8444-4fhq-fxpqcnnvd
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6rmh-7xcm-cpxjcnnvd
- https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/commit/ef79b7a0561796ad9807f0f09538c25cc78d3619enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/pull/1685enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/security/advisories/GHSA-8444-4fhq-fxpqenisa_euvd
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