PraisonAI workflow include bypasses tools.py autoload opt-in and executes included recipe code

Summary

PraisonAI is a multi-agent teams system. In versions 3.9.26 through 4.6.57 of praiseonai and 0.12.12 through 1.6.57 of praiseonaiagents, the workflow "include" feature is vulnerable to code execution. Workflow._execute_include() implicitly imports and runs an included recipe's tools.py via a raw importlib.util.spec_from_file_location() and spec.loader.exec_module() call, without honoring the PRAISONAI_ALLOW_TEMPLATE_TOOLS/PRAISONAI_ALLOW_LOCAL_TOOLS autoload opt-in gates or routing through the centralized safe loader that protects the other tools.py autoload paths. As a result, a workflow that includes an attacker-controlled local recipe directory executes arbitrary module-level Python code during include setup, before any child workflow parsing or model call, and the same sink is reachable through the higher-level praisonai.recipe.run() recipe API. An attacker who can cause a victim process to run a workflow or recipe that includes an untrusted local recipe achieves arbitrary Python code execution as the PraisonAI process user, a variant that bypasses the hardening applied to the previously disclosed automatic tools.py RCE advisory family. This issue has been fixed in version 4.6.58 of praisonai and 1.6.58 of praisonaiagents.

Timeline

1. Aug 5, 2026, 7:01 PM UTCCVE published
2. Aug 6, 2026, 6:43 PM UTCCISA SSVC assessment

   Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

3. Aug 6, 2026, 6:45 PM UTCRecord last updated

Affected versions

• MervinPraison PraisonAI

  From 3.9.26 · fixed in 4.6.58

• MervinPraison praisonaiagents

  From 0.12.12 · fixed in 1.6.58

• praisonaiagentsPyPI

  From 0.12.12 · fixed in 1.6.58

• praisonaiPyPI

  From 3.9.26 · fixed in 4.6.58

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