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CVE-2026-40156

· Published 10/04/2026 17:17 · Modified 10/04/2026 17:17

Labels: CVE-2026-40156 2026-04-10CVE-2026-40156CWE-94[email protected]

Essential information

Published
10/04/2026 17:17
Modified
10/04/2026 17:17
Author
Creator
CVSS
7.8 HIGH (v3.1)
CISA KEV
No
CWE
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Description

PraisonAI is a multi-agent teams system. Prior to 4.5.128, PraisonAI automatically loads a file named tools.py from the current working directory to discover and register custom agent tools. This loading process uses importlib.util.spec_from_file_location and immediately executes module-level code via spec.loader.exec_module() without explicit user consent, validation, or sandboxing. The tools.py file is loaded implicitly, even when it is not referenced in configuration files or explicitly requested by the user. As a result, merely placing a file named tools.py in the working directory is sufficient to trigger code execution. This behavior violates the expected security boundary between user-controlled project files (e.g., YAML configurations) and executable code, as untrusted content in the working directory is treated as trusted and executed automatically. If an attacker can place a malicious tools.py file into a directory where a user or automated system (e.g., CI/CD pipeline) runs praisonai, arbitrary code execution occurs immediately upon startup, before any agent logic begins. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.5.128.

NVD status

Status
Received — CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.
Source
[email protected]
NVD
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Affected products (CPE)

ProductCPE
praisonai / praisonai cpe:2.3:a:praisonai:praisonai:<4.5.128:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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