# CVE-2026-55540: PraisonAI: \[Path Traversal\] agent tools escape the configured workspace via symlinks

- Also known as: PYSEC-2026-3888, GHSA-CH89-H4R2-C8F8
- Severity: CVSS 7.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.6.58
- Published: 2026-08-25 · Updated: 2026-08-27

## Affected

- MervinPraison PraisonAI: fixed in 4.6.58
- praisonai (PyPI): fixed in 4.6.58

## Description

PraisonAI is a multi-agent teams system. Prior to praisonai 4.6.51, is_path_within_directory() uses os.path.abspath() rather than os.path.realpath() for the workspace boundary. A symlink inside workspace can point outside and still pass the check, allowing read_file and other code tools to access files outside the configured workspace. This issue is fixed in version 4.6.58.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on MervinPraison PraisonAI, praisonai, upgrade to a fixed version (4.6.58) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/security/advisories/GHSA-ch89-h4r2-c8f8
- https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/commit/2f9677abb2ea68eab864ee8b6a828fd0141612e1
- https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/releases/tag/v4.6.58

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