MervinPraison PraisonAI up to 4.6.57 Agent Execution _create_agents_app api_key/X-API-Key missing authentication
| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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| 7.1 | $0-$5k | 0.64 |
Summary
A vulnerability was found in MervinPraison PraisonAI up to 4.6.57. It has been rated as critical. This affects the function _create_agents_app of the component Agent Execution. Performing a manipulation of the argument api_key/X-API-Key results in missing authentication.
This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-55538. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.
Details
A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in MervinPraison PraisonAI up to 4.6.57. This affects the function _create_agents_app of the component Agent Execution. The manipulation of the argument api_key/X-API-Key with an unknown input leads to a missing authentication vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-306. The product does not perform any authentication for functionality that requires a provable user identity or consumes a significant amount of resources. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
PraisonAI is a multi-agent teams system. Prior to praisonai 4.6.51, praisonai serve agents parses config["api_key"] but _create_agents_app() does not authenticate POST /agents or POST /agents/{agent_name}. Missing or incorrect bearer and X-API-Key values still reach agent execution. This issue is fixed in version 4.6.58.
The advisory is shared at github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-55538 since 06/17/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.
Upgrading to version 4.6.58 eliminates this vulnerability.
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Product
Vendor
Name
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
Website
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
VulDB Vector: 🔒VulDB Reliability: 🔍
CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.1
VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍
CNA Base Score: 7.3
CNA Vector (GitHub_M): 🔒
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Exploiting
Class: Missing authenticationCWE: CWE-306 / CWE-287
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ATT&CK: 🔒
Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes
Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined
Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔒
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Threat Intelligence
Interest: 🔍Active Actors: 🔍
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔒
Upgrade: PraisonAI 4.6.58
Timeline
06/17/2026 CVE reserved08/25/2026 Advisory disclosed
08/25/2026 VulDB entry created
08/25/2026 VulDB entry last update
Sources
Product: github.comAdvisory: github.com
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2026-55538 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-55538
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-395073
Entry
Created: 08/25/2026 17:26Changes: 08/25/2026 17:26 (66)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103
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