{"cve":"CVE-2026-55540","nvd":{"published":"2026-08-25T15:16:34.740","modified":"2026-09-09T21:07:31.353","status":"Deferred","description":"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_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L","score":7.1},"cwes":["CWE-22"],"references":["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-ch89-h4r2-c8f8","https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/security/advisories/GHSA-ch89-h4r2-c8f8"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:50:17.453294893+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-55540","score":0.00394,"percentile":0.33567,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-ch89-h4r2-c8f8","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-ch89-h4r2-c8f8","summary":"PraisonAI: [Path Traversal] agent tools escape the configured workspace via symlinks","modified":"2026-09-10T12:25:53.622039595Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"praisonai","purl":"pkg:pypi/praisonai","ranges":["<4.6.58"],"fixed":["4.6.58"]}]},{"id":"PYSEC-2026-3888","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2026-3888","summary":"PraisonAI: [Path Traversal] agent tools escape the configured workspace via symlinks","modified":"2026-09-10T12:15:10.970433733Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"praisonai","purl":"pkg:pypi/praisonai","ranges":["<4.6.58"],"fixed":["4.6.58"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}