MervinPraison PraisonAI up to 4.6.39 write_file workspace path traversal

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A vulnerability has been found in MervinPraison PraisonAI up to 4.6.39 and classified as critical. This affects an unknown function of the component write_file. This manipulation of the argument workspace causes path traversal. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-47397. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in MervinPraison PraisonAI up to 4.6.39. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component write_file. The manipulation of the argument workspace 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, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

PraisonAI is a multi-agent teams system. Prior to version 4.6.40, hidden metadata in a webpage causes PraisonAI agents to write attacker-controlled content to arbitrary paths. `write_file` skips path validation when `workspace=None` (always `None` in production). Version 4.6.40 fixes the issue.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-47397 since 05/19/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. 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.

Upgrading to version 4.6.40 eliminates this vulnerability.

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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

Website

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

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