Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-40151 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-40151 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-40151?
- Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 5.3, published 9 April 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- praisonai (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=4.5.128.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-40151?
- Yes. praisonai (PyPI): upgrade to 4.5.128 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
- How is CVE-2026-40151 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a software library.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-40151?
- Check whether you run Praisonai or praisonai (PyPI) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
How to fix
- praisonai (PyPI): upgrade to 4.5.128 or later
pip install "praisonai>=4.5.128"
Technical details
The AgentOS component in PraisonAI fails to implement authentication middleware or API key validation for its FastAPI-based web server. The `GET /api/agents` endpoint returns agent metadata and the first 100 characters of system instructions to any unauthenticated requester. Furthermore, the application defaults to a wildcard CORS policy (`allow_origins=["*"]`) and binds to all interfaces (`0.0.0.0`), enabling cross-origin exfiltration from a user's browser. While the endpoint truncates instructions, an attacker can chain this with the unauthenticated `/api/chat` endpoint to extract full system prompts via prompt injection. This issue was addressed in version 4.5.128.
Affected products
- MervinPraison PraisonAI < 4.5.128
Identifiers
- CVE-2026-40151
- GHSA-pm96-6xpr-978x
- PYSEC-2026-2919
Timeline
- 2026-04-09: disclosed
- 2026-04-10: advisory
- 2026-04-10: patched: Fixed in version 4.5.128