CVE-2026-61447PraisonAI before 1.6.78 Remote Code Execution via CodeAgent
- 10.0CriticalCVSS base score
- 15.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 3.2% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
PraisonAI before 1.6.78 contains a remote code execution vulnerability in CodeAgent._execute_python() that executes LLM-generated Python code without AST validation, import restrictions, or sandbox enforcement. Attackers can influence LLM output through prompt injection to exfiltrate all environment secrets and execute arbitrary code on the host system.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: a proof of concept is public.
Show the exploits2
Exploit-DB1 entry
- PraisonAI praisonaiagents 1.6.77 - Remote Code Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 52639remote, multiplepublished 11 Aug 2026Not verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-2xv2-w8cq-5gxw) (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryexploit
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
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Published
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Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| VulnCheckCNA (assigner) | 4.0 | Critical10.0 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H |
| VulnCheckCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Critical10.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 4.0 | Critical10.0 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 15.2% · top 3.2% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 10.0.
Affected products
- affected < 1.6.78
- unaffected 1.6.78
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPIpraisonaiagentsGHSA-2xv2-w8cq-5gxw (opens in a new tab)
References
References2
- GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-2xv2-w8cq-5gxw) (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryexploit
- VulnCheck Advisory: PraisonAI before 1.6.78 Remote Code Execution via CodeAgent (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisory
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-43182 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-2xv2-w8cq-5gxw (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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