MervinPraison PraisonAI up to 4.6.77 File Path outside_secret.txt validate path path traversal

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A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in MervinPraison PraisonAI up to 4.6.77. This impacts the function validate of the file outside_secret.txt of the component File Path. This manipulation of the argument path causes path traversal. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2026-60088. The attack needs to be launched locally. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability has been found in MervinPraison PraisonAI up to 4.6.77 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function validate of the file outside_secret.txt of the component File Path. The manipulation of the argument path with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

PraisonAI before 4.6.78 fails to validate file path references in custom command templates, allowing attackers to read files outside the workspace. Attackers can include path traversal sequences like @../outside_secret.txt or absolute paths in project command files to exfiltrate process-readable files into model prompts.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-60088 since 07/08/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

By approaching the search of inurl:outside_secret.txt it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

Upgrading to version 4.6.78 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

Vendor

• MervinPraison

Name

• PraisonAI

Version

• 4.6.0
• 4.6.1
• 4.6.2
• 4.6.3
• 4.6.4
• 4.6.5
• 4.6.6
• 4.6.7
• 4.6.8
• 4.6.9
• 4.6.10
• 4.6.11
• 4.6.12
• 4.6.13
• 4.6.14
• 4.6.15
• 4.6.16
• 4.6.17
• 4.6.18
• 4.6.19
• 4.6.20
• 4.6.21
• 4.6.22
• 4.6.23
• 4.6.24
• 4.6.25
• 4.6.26
• 4.6.27
• 4.6.28
• 4.6.29
• 4.6.30
• 4.6.31
• 4.6.32
• 4.6.33
• 4.6.34
• 4.6.35
• 4.6.36
• 4.6.37
• 4.6.38
• 4.6.39
• 4.6.40
• 4.6.41
• 4.6.42
• 4.6.43
• 4.6.44
• 4.6.45
• 4.6.46
• 4.6.47
• 4.6.48
• 4.6.49
• 4.6.50
• 4.6.51
• 4.6.52
• 4.6.53
• 4.6.54
• 4.6.55
• 4.6.56
• 4.6.57
• 4.6.58
• 4.6.59
• 4.6.60
• 4.6.61
• 4.6.62
• 4.6.63
• 4.6.64
• 4.6.65
• 4.6.66
• 4.6.67
• 4.6.68
• 4.6.69
• 4.6.70
• 4.6.71
• 4.6.72
• 4.6.73
• 4.6.74
• 4.6.75
• 4.6.76
• 4.6.77

Website

• Product: https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/

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