CVE-2026-55538: PraisonAI: [Auth Bypass] `praisonai serve agents --api-key` is silently ignored — agent-invocation routes (`POST /agents`, `POST /agents/{agent_name}`) run unauthenticated

Severity: high (CVSS 7.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2026-08-25 · updated 2026-09-09
Weakness: CWE-306

Description

PraisonAI is a multi-agent teams system. Prior to praisonai 4.6.51, praisonai serve agents parses config["api_key"] but _create_agents_app() does not authenticate POST /agents or POST /agents/{agent_name}. Missing or incorrect bearer and X-API-Key values still reach agent execution. This issue is fixed in version 4.6.58.

Affected products

MervinPraison PraisonAI: before 4.6.58

References

https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/commit/2f9677abb2ea68eab864ee8b6a828fd0141612e1
https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/releases/tag/v4.6.58
https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/security/advisories/GHSA-r7v3-x45f-g7hp
https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/security/advisories/GHSA-r7v3-x45f-g7hp

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