# CVE-2026-57140: PraisonAI AgentOS exposes unauthenticated agent listing and invocation

- Also known as: GHSA-9752-MHQH-H34F
- Severity: CVSS 9.4 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.7.2
- Published: 2026-09-15 · Updated: 2026-09-15

## Affected

- MervinPraison PraisonAI: from 1.6.0, fixed in 1.7.2
- praisonai (npm): from 1.6.0, fixed in 1.7.2

## Description

PraisonAI is a multi-agent teams system. From 1.6.0 until 1.7.2, AgentOS in src/praisonai-ts/src/os/agentos.ts uses the 0.0.0.0 default from src/praisonai-ts/src/os/config.ts and registers GET /api/agents and POST /api/chat without authentication middleware. A remote caller who can reach the service can obtain agent names, roles, and instruction prefixes and can invoke a selected agent, potentially reaching its tools, memory, external APIs, credentials, and workflow state. An initial remediation was released in version 1.7.2.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on MervinPraison PraisonAI, praisonai, upgrade to a fixed version (1.7.2) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/security/advisories/GHSA-9752-mhqh-h34f
- https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/commit/709a0387853709a5e2f2c34680fa64cada252c27
- https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/releases/tag/v4.6.60

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