# CVE-2026-57118: PraisonAI missing access control in API endpoints

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-57118-praisonai-agentteam-launch-exposes-unauthenticated-remote-agent  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2026-10-12. Updated: 2026-10-16  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2026-57118 · Severity: critical · CVSS 9.8 · Published 2026-10-12

PraisonAI is a multi-agent system framework that orchestrates AI agents to perform tasks. Before version 1.6.59, the AgentTeam and Agents API endpoints lack authentication checks, allowing unauthenticated attackers to enumerate agents, consume computational resources, access private context data, and trigger agent actions with side effects such as tool execution or workflow modifications.

Technologies: [praisonaiagents (PyPI)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/pypi-praisonaiagents). Vendors: [PraisonAI](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/praisonai), [PyPI](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/pypi).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2026-57118 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-57118 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2026-57118?** Critical severity, with a CVSS score of 9.8, published 12 October 2026.

**Which products and versions are affected?** Praisonaiagents before 1.6.59; praisonaiagents (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=1.6.59.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2026-57118?** Yes. praisonaiagents (PyPI): upgrade to 1.6.59 or later. Until then: Restrict network exposure of AgentTeam and Agents API endpoints using firewall rules or network segmentation until upgrading. Implement external API authentication/authorization proxies to validate requests before reaching the application. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**How is CVE-2026-57118 attacked?** It is attacked over the network, in a software library.

**Am I affected by CVE-2026-57118?** Check whether you run Praisonaiagents or praisonaiagents (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

- praisonaiagents (PyPI): upgrade to 1.6.59 or later

  ```sh
  pip install "praisonaiagents>=1.6.59"
  ```


Restrict network exposure of AgentTeam and Agents API endpoints using firewall rules or network segmentation until upgrading. Implement external API authentication/authorization proxies to validate requests before reaching the application.

## Technical details

The AgentTeam.launch method and Agents alias register GET /{path}/list, POST /{path}, and POST /{path}/{agent_id} endpoints without access-control validation. An attacker with network access to an exposed PraisonAI instance can enumerate agents, invoke agent.chat operations, and trigger connected tools or workflows. The vulnerability is resolved by implementing API key authentication middleware in version 1.6.59.

## Affected products

- PraisonAI praisonaiagents before 1.6.59

## Identifiers

- CVE-2026-57118
- GHSA-x8cv-xmq7-p8xp
- PYSEC-2026-3537

## Timeline

- 2026-10-12: disclosed
- 2026-06-17: patched: API key authentication middleware implemented in commit b427017

## References

- [https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/commit/b4270173d4123fb1ee8910588f0896668ee21b59](https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/commit/b4270173d4123fb1ee8910588f0896668ee21b59)
- [https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/releases/tag/v4.6.59](https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/releases/tag/v4.6.59)

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