CVE-2026-40157

PraisonAI affected by arbitrary file write via path traversal in `praisonai recipe unpack`

Published Apr 10, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 9.4 Critical EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
PraisonAI is a multi-agent teams system. Prior to 4.5.128, cmd_unpack in the recipe CLI extracts .praison tar archives using raw tar.extract() without validating archive member paths. A .praison bundle containing ../../ entries will write files outside the intended output directory. An attacker who distributes a malicious bundle can overwrite arbitrary files on the victim's filesystem when they run praisonai recipe unpack. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.5.128.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-99g3-w8gr-x37c PraisonAI vulnerable to arbitrary file write via path traversal in `praisonai recipe unpack`
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Praison
Praison praisonai
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:praison:praisonai:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Praison
Praison praisonai
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Mervinpraison
Mervinpraison praisonai
Vendors & Products Mervinpraison
Mervinpraison praisonai
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description PraisonAI is a multi-agent teams system. Prior to 4.5.128, cmd_unpack in the recipe CLI extracts .praison tar archives using raw tar.extract() without validating archive member paths. A .praison bundle containing ../../ entries will write files outside the intended output directory. An attacker who distributes a malicious bundle can overwrite arbitrary files on the victim's filesystem when they run praisonai recipe unpack. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.5.128.
Title PraisonAI affected by arbitrary file write via path traversal in `praisonai recipe unpack`
Weaknesses CWE-22
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 9.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Apr 14, 2026, 2:13 PM
Reserved
Apr 9, 2026, 7:31 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Apr 10, 2026, 5:17 PM
Modified
Oct 26, 2026, 12:10 AM