PraisonAI: ContextGatherer include resolution permits absolute and traversal reads outside the workspace

Exploitation

No confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next marks exploitation only from CISA KEV.

CVSS

5.5 · CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS

• CVE-2026-61431: 0.37% estimated exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 31.36 (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-03). This is a model estimate, not proof of exploitation or customer exposure.

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ContextGatherer include resolution permits absolute and traversal reads outside the workspace Summary PraisonAI's praisonai.ui.context.ContextGatherer treats the configured directory as the project workspace, but project-controlled .praisoncontext and .praisoninclude files can name absolute paths or .. traversal paths. When context gathering runs, PraisonAI opens those outside paths and appends their contents to the generated context bundle. An attacker who can supply or modify a workspace repository can therefore cause process-readable files outside the intended project root to be sent to the caller or model as project context. Technical Details ContextGatherer.getincludepaths() reads include entries directly from .praisoncontext and .praisoninclude under the configured workspace. It stores each non-comment line as a raw include path: When .praisoncontext is present, gathercontext() passes every include entry through os.path.join(self.directory, includepath) and then processes the…

Published by the source

8 Oct 2026, 17:58 UTC

Last modified by the source

15 Oct 2026, 14:55 UTC

Source last checked

26 Oct 2026, 13:55 UTC

1. Revision 3 · amended · 26 Oct 2026

   Amended from ghsa record GHSA-q7m5-3jmv-vm48

2. Revision 2 · amended · 24 Oct 2026

   Amended from osv record GHSA-q7m5-3jmv-vm48

3. Revision 1 · created · 23 Oct 2026

   Published from ghsa record GHSA-q7m5-3jmv-vm48

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# Patch Next advisory brief: CVE-2026-61431

Advisory: PraisonAI: ContextGatherer include resolution permits absolute and traversal reads outside the workspace
IDs: CVE-2026-61431, GHSA-q7m5-3jmv-vm48
Record: https://patchnext.com/advisories/cve-2026-61431 (revision 3, source checked 26 Oct 2026, 13:55 UTC)
Inventory: none attached. This brief comes from a public page and does not say whether any deployment is affected.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 5.5)
Exploitation: no confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next confirms exploitation only from CISA KEV.
Vendor response: Vendor fix available; fixed versions by package: praisonai 4.6.78. A vendor fix does not mean a deployment is fixed.

## Affected components
- PyPI praisonai: affected <= 4.6.77; fixed in 4.6.78

## Suggested inspection (read-only)
- `python -m pip show praisonai`: prints the installed version. Run with the environment that serves production active.

## Supported action
Upgrade each affected component to a fixed version on its release line. For a transitive dependency, upgrade the parent package or add an override or constraint, then regenerate the lockfile. Redeploy every environment that ran an affected version.

## Required regression checks
- Run the test suite and a production build.
- Exercise the features that depend on praisonai.
- Repeat the inspection and confirm that only fixed versions remain installed.

## Rollback considerations
- Keep the previous lockfile and deployment artifact. Rolling back reinstates the vulnerable version, so apply any documented mitigation while you fix forward.

## Unresolved questions
- Which deployments run an affected version?
- Exploitation status can change. Check again before lowering the priority.
- Mark the work resolved only after the fixed version is verified in production.

## Sources
- Verified: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q7m5-3jmv-vm48 (GitHub-reviewed advisory GHSA-q7m5-3jmv-vm48 lists affected ranges: PyPI praisonai >=0 <=4.6.77)
- Verified: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-q7m5-3jmv-vm48 (OSV record GHSA-q7m5-3jmv-vm48 lists affected ranges: PyPI praisonai >=0 <4.6.78 (fixed))

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