# CVE-2026-47393: PraisonAI \`deploy --type api\` emits a Flask server with authentication disabled by default

- Also known as: PYSEC-2026-465, GHSA-8444-4FHQ-FXPQ
- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.6.40
- Published: 2026-07-21 · Updated: 2026-07-22

## Affected

- MervinPraison PraisonAI: fixed in 4.6.40
- praisonai (PyPI): fixed in 4.6.40

## Description

PraisonAI is a multi-agent teams system. CVE-2026-44338 (GHSA-6rmh-7xcm-cpxj) documents that PraisonAI ships a code-generator (`praisonai.deploy.api.generate_api_server_code`) that emits a Flask API server with authentication disabled by default. Users who follow the documented quickstart (`praisonai deploy --type api`) get a server that binds to `0.0.0.0` per the recommended sample YAML, exposes `/chat` and `/agents` endpoints, runs `praisonai.run()` on user-supplied JSON input — LLM orchestration with the API key materials present in the process environment, and does not require any authentication. Versions prior to 4.6.40 still ship the generator with `auth_enabled` defaulting to `False`. The fix shape is opt-in via `APIConfig(auth_enabled=True, auth_token=...)`. Version 4.6.40 fixes the issue.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on MervinPraison PraisonAI, praisonai, upgrade to a fixed version (4.6.40) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/security/advisories/GHSA-8444-4fhq-fxpq
- https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/pull/1685
- https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/commit/ef79b7a0561796ad9807f0f09538c25cc78d3619
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6rmh-7xcm-cpxj

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