# CVE-2026-55541: PraisonAI: \`--api-key\` flag on \`praisonai serve\` is not properly enforced

- Also known as: GHSA-PVXX-R596-F5QJ, PYSEC-2026-3893
- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.6.58
- Published: 2026-08-25 · Updated: 2026-08-25

## 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 4.6.58, praisonai serve agents and praisonai serve unified parse --api-key but _create_agents_app() and _create_unified_app() do not install a credential check. Unauthenticated callers can reach POST /agents and POST /api/v1/agents/{id}/invoke. 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-pvxx-r596-f5qj
- https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/commit/2f9677abb2ea68eab864ee8b6a828fd0141612e1
- https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/releases/tag/v4.6.58

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