CVE-2026-41497: PraisonAI has an incomplete fix for - OS Command Injection

CVE-2026-41497 · Severity: critical · CVSS 9.8 · Published 2026-05-08

PraisonAI is a multi-agent teams system. Prior to version 4.6.9, the fix for PraisonAI's MCP command handling does not add a command allowlist or argument validation to parse_mcp_command(), allowing arbitrary executables like bash, python, or /bin/sh with inline code execution flags to pass through to subprocess execution. This issue has been patched in version 4.6.9.

Technologies: Praisonai, praisonai (PyPI). Vendors: Praison, PyPI.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2026-41497 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-41497 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2026-41497?
Critical severity, with a CVSS score of 9.8, published 8 May 2026.
Which products and versions are affected?
praisonai (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=4.5.149.
Is there a fix for CVE-2026-41497?
Yes. praisonai (PyPI): upgrade to 4.5.149 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2026-41497?
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 4.5.149 or later
    pip install "praisonai>=4.5.149"

Affected products

  • Praisonai
  • praisonai (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=4.5.149

Identifiers

  • CVE-2026-41497
  • GHSA-9qhq-v63v-fv3j
  • PYSEC-2026-473

References

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