# CVE-2026-57125: PraisonAI: Unauthenticated RCE via Jobs API + Approval Bypass

- Also known as: GHSA-4869-X4PR-Q22X, PYSEC-2026-3501, PYSEC-2026-3529
- 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, 1.6.59
- Published: 2026-09-14 · Updated: 2026-09-14

## Affected

- MervinPraison PraisonAI: fixed in 4.6.59
- MervinPraison praisonaiagents: fixed in 1.6.59
- praisonai (PyPI): fixed in 4.6.59
- praisonaiagents (PyPI): fixed in 1.6.59

## Description

PraisonAI is a multi-agent teams system. Prior to praisonai 4.6.59 and praisonaiagents 1.6.59, the unauthenticated POST /api/v1/runs Jobs API accepts attacker-controlled agent_yaml, and the approve field can mark execute_command as YAML-approved before @require_approval checks critical tools. This chain allows a remote caller to cause a configured language model agent to invoke arbitrary operating-system commands without credentials or operator interaction. This vulnerability is fixed in praisonai 4.6.59 and praisonaiagents 1.6.59 as fixed versions.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on MervinPraison PraisonAI, MervinPraison praisonaiagents, praisonai or the other affected packages, upgrade to a fixed version (4.6.59, 1.6.59) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/security/advisories/GHSA-4869-x4pr-q22x
- https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/commit/2adfe7e8323f6deec66925cf15a885b6238895e9
- https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/releases/tag/v4.6.59

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