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FKIE_CVE-2026-40153

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-04-09 22:16 - Updated: 2026-06-17 10:44

Severity

7.4 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Summary

PraisonAIAgents is a multi-agent teams system. Prior to 1.5.128, the execute_command function in shell_tools.py calls os.path.expandvars() on every command argument at line 64, manually re-implementing shell-level environment variable expansion despite using shell=False (line 88) for security. This allows exfiltration of secrets stored in environment variables (database credentials, API keys, cloud access keys). The approval system displays the unexpanded $VAR references to human reviewers, creating a deceptive approval where the displayed command differs from what actually executes. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.5.128.

References

	URL	Tags
	security-advisories@github.com	https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/security/advisories/GHSA-v8g7-9q6v-p3x8	Exploit, Vendor Advisory
	134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0	https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/security/advisories/GHSA-v8g7-9q6v-p3x8	Exploit, Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	praison	praisonaiagents	*

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CVE-2026-40153 (GCVE-0-2026-40153)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-09 21:27 – Updated: 2026-04-13 15:37

Title

PraisonAIAgents Affected by Environment Variable Secret Exfiltration via os.path.expandvars() Bypassing shell=False in Shell Tool

Summary

Severity

7.4 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-04-13 15:28 UTC

CWE

CWE-526 - Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information in an Environment Variable

Assigner

GitHub_M mitre root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/securi…	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
MervinPraison	PraisonAIAgents	Affected: < 1.5.128

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Nomenclature

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Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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