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SCA: security update for PraisonAI (GHSA-2763-cj5r-c79m)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 440085

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - PraisonAI is a multi-agent teams system. Prior to 4.5.121, the execute_command function and workflow shell
 execution are exposed to user-controlled input via agent workflows, YAML definitions, and LLM-generated
 tool calls, allowing attackers to inject arbitrary shell commands through shell metacharacters. This
 vulnerability is fixed in 4.5.121. (CVE-2026-40088)

Solution

Update the PraisonAI library and its related packages to version 4.5.121 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2763-cj5r-c79m

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 440085

Version: Revision 1.12

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 4/9/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 94.59

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-40088

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.6

Temporal Score: 8.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/8/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/8/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-40088

cwe: CWE-78