# CVE-2026-61435: PraisonAI before 4.6.78 Authentication Bypass via Host Header Spoofing

- Also known as: PYSEC-2026-4247, GHSA-2GPF-2492-Q9JH
- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.6.78
- Published: 2026-07-15 · Updated: 2026-07-15

## Affected

- MervinPraison PraisonAI: fixed in 4.6.78
- praisonai (PyPI): fixed in 4.6.78

## Description

PraisonAI before 4.6.78 contains an authentication bypass in the Call API agent invocation endpoints (src/praisonai/praisonai/api/agent_invoke.py) when PRAISONAI_CALL_AUTH=disabled is configured. The safeguard intended to restrict the disabled-auth opt-out to localhost binding derives the bind host from request.url.hostname, which is taken from the client-controlled HTTP Host header. A remote, unauthenticated attacker who can reach the service over the network can send a spoofed 'Host: 127.0.0.1' header to bypass the localhost-only restriction and list (GET /api/v1/agents) and invoke (POST /api/v1/agents/{agent_id}/invoke) registered agents without authentication.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on MervinPraison PraisonAI, praisonai, upgrade to a fixed version (4.6.78) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/security/advisories/GHSA-2gpf-2492-q9jh
- https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/commit/2a855c470077c7d2e2479a575f7ef7f548d51c33
- https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/commit/846568c7a5d8ce9e71e56e4c213f027c04909753
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/praisonai-before-authentication-bypass-via-host-header-spoofing

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