8.8
HIGH CVSS 4.0
CVE-2026-55541
PraisonAI: `--api-key` flag on `praisonai serve` is not properly enforced
Description

PraisonAI is a multi-agent teams system. Prior to praisonai 4.6.58, praisonai serve agents and praisonai serve unified parse --api-key but _create_agents_app() and _create_unified_app() do not install a credential check. Unauthenticated callers can reach POST /agents and POST /api/v1/agents/{id}/invoke. This issue is fixed in version 4.6.58.

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 25, 2026, 3:16 p.m.

Last Modified :

Aug. 25, 2026, 3:16 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !
Affected Products

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CVSS Scores
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Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 4.0 HIGH [email protected]
Solution
Update PraisonAI to version 4.6.58 or later to fix the authentication bypass vulnerability.
  • Update PraisonAI to version 4.6.58 or later.
  • Verify agent and unified parse API key protection.
  • Restrict access to agent creation and invocation endpoints.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/commit/2f9677abb2ea68eab864ee8b6a828fd0141612e1
https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/releases/tag/v4.6.58
https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/security/advisories/GHSA-pvxx-r596-f5qj
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  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Aug. 25, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Affected [{'vendor': 'MervinPraison', 'product': 'PraisonAI', 'versions': [{'status': 'affected', 'version': '< 4.6.58'}]}]
    Added Description PraisonAI is a multi-agent teams system. Prior to praisonai 4.6.58, praisonai serve agents and praisonai serve unified parse --api-key but _create_agents_app() and _create_unified_app() do not install a credential check. Unauthenticated callers can reach POST /agents and POST /api/v1/agents/{id}/invoke. This issue is fixed in version 4.6.58.
    Added CVSS V4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
    Added CWE CWE-862
    Added Reference https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/commit/2f9677abb2ea68eab864ee8b6a828fd0141612e1
    Added Reference https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/releases/tag/v4.6.58
    Added Reference https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/security/advisories/GHSA-pvxx-r596-f5qj
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