# CVE-2026-57121: PraisonAI missing authorization check on DELETE endpoints

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-57121-praisonai-missing-ownership-check-on-delete-endpoints-allows  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2026-10-23. Updated: 2026-10-23  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2026-57121 · Severity: high · CVSS 8.1 · Published 2026-10-23

PraisonAI is a multi-agent collaboration platform for team project management. A vulnerability allows any workspace member to permanently delete projects, agents, issues, labels, and other content created by the workspace owner or other members, bypassing the documented access controls. A single malicious or compromised member account can irreversibly destroy an entire workspace's content.

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

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2026-57121 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-57121 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2026-57121?** High severity, with a CVSS score of 8.1, published 23 October 2026.

**Which products and versions are affected?** MervinPraison Praisonai-Platform 0.1.4 to before 0.1.5; praisonai-platform (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0.1.4,fixed=0.1.6.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2026-57121?** Yes. praisonai-platform (PyPI): upgrade to 0.1.6 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**How is CVE-2026-57121 attacked?** It is attacked over the network, in a software library.

**Am I affected by CVE-2026-57121?** Check whether you run MervinPraison Praisonai-Platform or praisonai-platform (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-platform (PyPI): upgrade to 0.1.6 or later

  ```sh
  pip install "praisonai-platform>=0.1.6"
  ```


## Technical details

This is an improper authorization (CWE-285) vulnerability in the Platform API's DELETE handlers for six content resources. The endpoints verify workspace membership but fail to check resource ownership or user role, allowing members to bypass documented restrictions. An authenticated workspace member with low privileges can perform DELETE operations on any workspace resource via network requests without additional user interaction.

## Affected products

- MervinPraison praisonai-platform 0.1.4 to before 0.1.5

## Identifiers

- CVE-2026-57121
- GHSA-rh39-9c67-59mh
- PYSEC-2026-3526

## Timeline

- 2026-06-17: disclosed: GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-rh39-9c67-59mh published
- 2026-10-23: advisory: CVE-2026-57121 published

## References

- [https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/security/advisories/GHSA-rh39-9c67-59mh](https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/security/advisories/GHSA-rh39-9c67-59mh)

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