PraisonAI is a multi-agent teams system. Prior to praisonai 4.6.51, is_path_within_directory() uses os.path.abspath() rather than os.path.realpath() for the workspace boundary. A symlink inside workspace can point outside and still pass the check, allowing read_file and other code tools to access files outside the configured workspace. This issue is fixed in version 4.6.58.

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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-ch89-h4r2-c8f8 PraisonAI: [Path Traversal] agent tools escape the configured workspace via symlinks
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Thu, 27 Aug 2026 16:30:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 25 Aug 2026 17:00:00 +0000

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Tue, 25 Aug 2026 15:15:00 +0000

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Description PraisonAI is a multi-agent teams system. Prior to praisonai 4.6.51, is_path_within_directory() uses os.path.abspath() rather than os.path.realpath() for the workspace boundary. A symlink inside workspace can point outside and still pass the check, allowing read_file and other code tools to access files outside the configured workspace. This issue is fixed in version 4.6.58.
Title PraisonAI: [Path Traversal] agent tools escape the configured workspace via symlinks
Weaknesses CWE-22
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-27T15:19:10.382Z

Reserved: 2026-06-16T23:01:04.074Z

Link: CVE-2026-55540

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-27T15:19:04.067Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-08-25T15:16:34.740

Modified: 2026-09-09T21:07:31.353

Link: CVE-2026-55540

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-25T16:45:04Z

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