CVE-2026-61431

PraisonAI before 4.6.78 contains a path traversal vulnerability in ContextGatherer that fails to validate include paths in .praisoncontext and .praisoninclude files. Attackers can supply absolute paths or parent directory traversal sequences to read arbitrary files outside the workspace and include their contents in the generated context bundle.

CVSS v3 5.5 MEDIUM

5.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/commit/1620b49f36945d8cc8ee5635b906c960df5097a0
https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/security/advisories/GHSA-q7m5-3jmv-vm48
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/praisonai-before-path-traversal-via-contextgatherer
https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/security/advisories/GHSA-q7m5-3jmv-vm48

Configurations

No configuration.

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-07-10 15:16

Updated : 2026-07-10 17:41

NVD link : CVE-2026-61431

Mitre link : CVE-2026-61431

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-61431

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Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-22

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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