High 7.3Published Aug 25, 2026

CVE-2026-55538PraisonAI: [Auth Bypass] `praisonai serve agents --api-key` is silently ignored — agent-invocation routes (`POST /agents`, `POST /agents/{agent_name}`) run unauthenticated

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 10:20 UTC)

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PraisonAI is a multi-agent teams system. Prior to praisonai 4.6.51, praisonai serve agents parses config["api_key"] but _create_agents_app() does not authenticate POST /agents or POST /agents/{agent_name}. Missing or incorrect bearer and X-API-Key values still reach agent execution. This issue is fixed in version 4.6.58.

CVSS: 7.3 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Weakness (CWE): CWE-306
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: GitHub_M
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: Aug 25, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

MervinPraison PraisonAI mervinpraison:praisonai (from the name)	before 4.6.58	CNA record

References

https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/security/advisories/GHSA-r7v3-x45f-g7hpx-refsource-confirm
https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/commit/2f9677abb2ea68eab864ee8b6a828fd0141612e1x-refsource-misc
https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/releases/tag/v4.6.58x-refsource-misc

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