CVE-2026-57125
Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution via Jobs API and Approval Bypass in PraisonAI
Summary
An unauthenticated attacker can execute arbitrary OS commands on any server running
the PraisonAI Jobs API by submitting a crafted workflow YAML. The attack chains two
weaknesses: the /api/v1/runs endpoint requires no credentials, and a top-level
approve field in the submitted YAML unconditionally bypasses the
@require_approval safety decorator on dangerous tools such as execute_command.
Ecosystem: pip | Package: praisonai | Affected: <= 4.6.48 | Patched: *(none)*
Details
Step 1 — No authentication on the Jobs API
POST /api/v1/runs accepts and executes agent jobs from any caller with no token
or session required:
src/praisonai/praisonai/jobs/router.py:47
@router.post("", response_model=JobSubmitResponse, status_code=202)
async def submit_job(
request: Request,
body: JobSubmitRequest, # accepts agent_yaml from anyone
...
missing: _: None = Depends(verify_token)
):
Compare with the authenticated endpoint in api/agent_invoke.py, which correctly
includes Depends(verify_token).
Step 2 — approve YAML field bypasses @require_approval
The YAML parser extracts an attacker-controlled approve list and loads it into a
ContextVar that the approval decorator consults before every tool call:
src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/workflows/yaml_parser.py:261
approve_tools = data.get('approve', []) # attacker-controlled
workflow.approve_tools = approve_tools # line 370
src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/workflows/workflows.py:1025
if approve_tools:
_approval_token = set_yaml_approved_tools(approve_tools)
adds "execute_command" to ContextVar — bypasses decorator
src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/approval/init.py:179
if is_yaml_approved(tool_name): # → True
mark_approved(tool_name)
return func(*args, **kwargs) # executes without prompting
Because the bypass is evaluated before any risk-level check, supplying
approve: [execute_command] in the submitted YAML is sufficient to
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Advisory coverage (1)
- criticalGHSA-4869-x4pr-q22x: PraisonAI: Unauthenticated RCE via Jobs API + Approval Bypassghsa · 2026-06-18
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