High 7.1Published Aug 25, 2026

CVE-2026-55540PraisonAI: [Path Traversal] agent tools escape the configured workspace via symlinks

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 10:23 UTC)

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PraisonAI is a multi-agent teams system. Prior to praisonai 4.6.51, is_path_within_directory() uses os.path.abspath() rather than os.path.realpath() for the workspace boundary. A symlink inside workspace can point outside and still pass the check, allowing read_file and other code tools to access files outside the configured workspace. This issue is fixed in version 4.6.58.

CVSS: 7.1 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
Weakness (CWE): CWE-22
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 27, 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-ch89-h4r2-c8f8x-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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