# CVE-2026-57130: PraisonAI: IMAP Command Injection via Unsanitized Email Search Parameters

- Also known as: PYSEC-2026-3532, GHSA-C969-5X3P-VQ3V
- Severity: CVSS 8.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- 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, src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/tools/email_tools.py interpolates LLM-controlled from_addr, subject, and query values directly into quoted IMAP SEARCH criteria. Embedded quote, backslash, newline, or null characters can escape the intended criterion and alter IMAP operations when search_emails, reply_email, or archive_email is exposed to an agent with configured email credentials, allowing mailbox data access, modification, deletion, or connection disruption. 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.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/security/advisories/GHSA-c969-5x3p-vq3v
- https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/commit/b4270173d4123fb1ee8910588f0896668ee21b59
- https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/releases/tag/v4.6.59

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