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CVE-2026-57127: praisonai: recipe serve auth middleware silently disables itself when no secret is set
PraisonAI is a multi-agent teams system. Prior to 4.6.58, recipe serve installs APIKeyAuthMiddleware or JWTAuthMiddleware when an operator selects api-key or JWT authentication, but each middleware forwards requests when PRAISONAIAPIKEY or PRAISONAIJWTSECRET and the corresponding recipe value are absent.
CVSS 9.8 Critical EPSS 0.9% · p59
Should you act?
Critical and remotely reachable
No known exploitation yet, but it is network-reachable without credentials. This signal is computed from CISA KEV, EPSS and CVSS data; it is not an editorial verdict.
- Not in CISA KEV, but CISA’s SSVC assessment records a public proof-of-concept, so attack code exists.
- EPSS 0.9%, percentile 59: FIRST’s model estimates a 0.9% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 59% of all scored CVEs (moderate). EPSS is a probability, not a verdict.
- Remotely reachable with no login and no user interaction. If the vulnerable service is exposed to the internet, prioritize it.
- Only applies if your dependency tree includes
praisonai(PyPI) <= 4.6.48, fixed in 4.6.59. Check your lockfile, including transitive dependencies.
What it is
PraisonAI is a multi-agent teams system. Prior to 4.6.58, recipe serve installs APIKeyAuthMiddleware or JWTAuthMiddleware when an operator selects api-key or JWT authentication, but each middleware forwards requests when PRAISONAIAPIKEY or PRAISONAIJWTSECRET and the corresponding recipe value are absent. Unauthenticated clients can then reach recipe execution, input, and output surfaces and may trigger connected tools despite the operator explicitly enabling authentication. This issue is fixed in 4.6.58.
From the GitHub advisory
praisonai: recipe serve authentication middleware silently disables itself when no secret is set
Researcher: Kai Aizen — SnailSploit (@SnailSploit), Adversarial & Offensive Security Research Target: https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI
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Package: praisonai on PyPI Version tested: 4.6.48. File: praisonai/recipe/serve.py (sha256 491bf8f29e399418260810ba4bf0f6802c6e4aa675628e2be68a9726c15d9b23).
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Weakness type: CWE-306, CWE-1188.
Product: praisonai (PyPI) · Assigned by: GitHub_M · Published: 2026-09-14
Affected and fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | First fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | praisonai | <= 4.6.48 | 4.6.59 |
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions (per CVE record) |
|---|---|---|
| MervinPraison | PraisonAI | < 4.6.48 |
Severity scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_M | 3.1 | 9.8 Critical | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| GitHub | 3.1 | 9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- Attack vector: network (remotely reachable)
- Attack complexity: low
- Privileges required: none (no login)
- User interaction: none
- Scope: unchanged
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Exploitation and urgency
- CISA KEV: not listed (no confirmed in-the-wild exploitation known to CISA).
- CISA SSVC assessment: exploitation poc, automatable yes, technical impact total.
- FIRST EPSS (model of 2026-10-21): 0.90% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 59.
Timeline
- — GitHub-reviewed advisory GHSA-j4hj-7hfh-g2f4 published (critical)
- — CVE record last updated
- — CVE record published by GitHub_M
Sources and references
Original sources first. Version and fix details should always be confirmed against the vendor or project advisory.
Vulnerability records
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-j4hj-7hfh-g2f4 github.com
- CVE.org record CVE-2026-57127 cve.org
- NVD entry CVE-2026-57127 nvd.nist.gov
Other references from the CVE record and advisory
- github.com github.com
- github.com github.com
- github.com github.com