PraisonAI MCPSecurity Basic/OAuth authentication policies accept invalid credentials without validation
PraisonAI is a multi-agent teams system. From 1.5.1 until 1.7.2, MCPSecurity.evaluatePolicy() in src/praisonai-ts/src/mcp/security.ts invokes the configured credential validator only when AuthMethod is api-key or bearer. Basic and OAuth policies accept any non-empty Authorization header without calling auth.validate(), then return an authenticated result, allowing callers with invalid credentials to access MCP tools and resources protected by those policies. This issue is fixed in version 1.7.2.
- Published
- Sep 15, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 15, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.4% · 33th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-287
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Report tools
Action score
32
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 32 / 40 · 8.2 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.4%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- proof of concept
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- —
- CNA · GitHub_M
- 8.2
- NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.
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Affected systems
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Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (GitHub_M). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
MervinPraison PraisonAI
- >= 1.5.1, < 1.7.2affected
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | praisonai | from 1.5.1 · before 1.7.2 | 1.7.2 |
Same product
mervinpraison: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2026-61447PraisonAI before 1.6.78 Remote Code Execution via CodeAgent41Plan
- CVE-2026-48168PraisonAI: GitHub Actions Claude workflow command injection via unquoted PR branch name40Plan
- CVE-2026-57148praisonai-platform 0.1.4 still boots on the hardcoded JWT secret dev-secret-change-me (default-open production guard)39Monitor
- CVE-2026-57147praisonai-platform: default JWT signing secret 'dev-secret-change-me' enables token forgery39Monitor
- CVE-2026-57141PraisonAI: Remote Code Execution via Sandbox Escape in `codeMode` Tool39Monitor
- CVE-2026-57139PraisonAI MCPServer exposes unauthenticated HTTP tools/call39Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| MervinPraison PraisonAI | 1.7.2 · description | Vendor (CNA) |
| npm:praisonai | 1.7.2 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
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Research context
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Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
Credits
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No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
- CVE-2026-571480 days apartpraisonai-platform 0.1.4 still boots on the hardcoded JWT secret dev-secret-change-me (default-open production guard)39Monitor
- CVE-2026-6143662 days apartPraisonAI before 4.6.78 Missing Webhook Signature Verification35Monitor
- CVE-2026-6143562 days apartPraisonAI before 4.6.78 Authentication Bypass via Host Header Spoofing35Monitor
- CVE-2026-571321 days apartPraisonAI: PRAISONAI_CALL_AUTH=disabled environment variable unconditionally disables authentication32Monitor
- CVE-2026-5553321 days apartPraisonAI: Authentication fail-open in Recipe server allows unauthenticated access when API key or JWT auth is configured without a secret32Monitor
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
- CVE-2026-571330 days apartPraisonAI utility shell safe-command wrapper allowlist bypass via shell chaining35Monitor
- CVE-2026-571360 days apartPraisonAI SandboxExecutor allowedCommands bypass via shell chaining35Monitor
- CVE-2026-571261 days apartpraisonaiagents: SSRF guard validates literal IPs only and never resolves DNS34Monitor
- CVE-2026-568391 days apartPraisonAI Code agent tools fail open without a workspace boundary29Monitor
Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- low · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- none
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- Low
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-287 · Improper AuthenticationCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
nvd-secondary
Root cause
Authentication is added route by route instead of being enforced in one place. When a route added later bypasses the shared middleware, the session check never runs for it.
The bug in code
The whole CWE-287 classA representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.
Vulnerable
app.use("/admin", requireSession, adminRouter);
// Route added later skips the middlewareapp.post("/admin-api/config", updateConfig);Fixed
const admin = express.Router();admin.use(requireSession, requireRole("admin"));
admin.post("/config", updateConfig);app.use("/admin", admin);Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
- Authentication AbuseCAPEC-114Medium
- Authentication BypassCAPEC-115Medium
- Identity SpoofingCAPEC-151likelihood: Medium · Medium
- Fake the Source of DataCAPEC-194Medium
- Exploiting Trust in ClientCAPEC-22likelihood: High · High
- Utilizing REST's Trust in the System Resource to Obtain Sensitive DataCAPEC-57likelihood: Medium · Very High
- Session HijackingCAPEC-593likelihood: High · Very High
- Token ImpersonationCAPEC-633Medium
ATT&CK techniques
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References
- github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/commit/709a0387853709a5e2f2c34680fa64cada252c27
- github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/releases/tag/v4.6.60
- github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/security/advisories/GHSA-4qq2-2j2x-x62c
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.