PraisonAI is a multi-agent teams system. Prior to 4.5.128, PraisonAI's AST-based Python sandbox can be bypassed using type.__getattribute__ trampoline, allowing arbitrary code execution when running untrusted agent code. The _execute_code_direct function in praisonaiagents/tools/python_tools.py uses AST filtering to block dangerous Python attributes like __subclasses__, __globals__, and __bases__. However, the filter only checks ast.Attribute nodes, allowing a bypass. The sandbox relies on AST-based filtering of attribute access but fails to account for dynamic attribute resolution via built-in methods such as type.getattribute, resulting in incomplete enforcement of security restrictions. The string '__subclasses__' is an ast.Constant, not an ast.Attribute, so it is never checked against the blocked list. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.5.128.
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GHSA-3c4r-6p77-xwr7 | PraisonAI Vulnerable to Code Injection and Protection Mechanism Failure |
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| Description | PraisonAI is a multi-agent teams system. Prior to 4.5.128, PraisonAI's AST-based Python sandbox can be bypassed using type.__getattribute__ trampoline, allowing arbitrary code execution when running untrusted agent code. The _execute_code_direct function in praisonaiagents/tools/python_tools.py uses AST filtering to block dangerous Python attributes like __subclasses__, __globals__, and __bases__. However, the filter only checks ast.Attribute nodes, allowing a bypass. The sandbox relies on AST-based filtering of attribute access but fails to account for dynamic attribute resolution via built-in methods such as type.getattribute, resulting in incomplete enforcement of security restrictions. The string '__subclasses__' is an ast.Constant, not an ast.Attribute, so it is never checked against the blocked list. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.5.128. | |
| Title | PraisonAI has Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') and Protection Mechanism Failure in praisonai | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-693 CWE-94 |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published:
Updated: 2026-04-10T18:31:12.440Z
Reserved: 2026-04-09T19:31:56.014Z
Link: CVE-2026-40158
Updated: 2026-04-10T18:31:07.444Z
Status : Received
Published: 2026-04-10T17:17:13.603
Modified: 2026-04-10T17:17:13.603
Link: CVE-2026-40158
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