PraisonAIAgents is a multi-agent teams system. Prior to 1.5.128, he memory hooks executor in praisonaiagents passes a user-controlled command string directly to subprocess.run() with shell=True at src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/memory/hooks.py. No sanitization is performed and shell metacharacters are interpreted by /bin/sh before the intended command executes. Two independent attack surfaces exist. The first is via pre_run_command and post_run_command hook event types registered through the hooks configuration. The second and more severe surface is the .praisonai/hooks.json lifecycle configuration, where hooks registered for events such as BEFORE_TOOL and AFTER_TOOL fire automatically during agent operation. An agent that gains file-write access through prompt injection can overwrite .praisonai/hooks.json and have its payload execute silently at every subsequent lifecycle event without further user interaction. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.5.128.
References
| Link | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/security/advisories/GHSA-v7px-3835-7gjx | Vendor Advisory Exploit |
| https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/security/advisories/GHSA-v7px-3835-7gjx | Vendor Advisory Exploit |
Configurations
History
17 Apr 2026, 19:40
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| CVSS |
v2 : v3 : |
v2 : unknown
v3 : 8.8 |
| CPE | cpe:2.3:a:praison:praisonaiagents:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| First Time |
Praison praisonaiagents
Praison |
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| References | () https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/security/advisories/GHSA-v7px-3835-7gjx - Vendor Advisory, Exploit |
13 Apr 2026, 16:16
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| References | () https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/security/advisories/GHSA-v7px-3835-7gjx - |
09 Apr 2026, 22:16
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| New CVE |
Information
Published : 2026-04-09 22:16
Updated : 2026-04-17 19:40
NVD link : CVE-2026-40111
Mitre link : CVE-2026-40111
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-40111
JSON object : View
Products Affected
praison
- praisonaiagents
CWE
CWE-78
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
