High severity · published Aug 25, 2026
CVE-2026-55538
PraisonAI: [Auth Bypass] `praisonai serve agents --api-key` is silently ignored — agent-invocation routes (`POST /agents`, `POST /agents/{agent_name}`) run unauthenticated
7.3
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
PraisonAI is a multi-agent teams system. Prior to praisonai 4.6.51, praisonai serve agents parses config["api_key"] but _create_agents_app() does not authenticate POST /agents or POST /agents/{agent_name}. Missing or incorrect bearer and X-API-Key values still reach agent execution. This issue is fixed in version 4.6.58.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 39% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PR
PraisonAI · MervinPraison
< 4.6.58 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-55538
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-55538
github.com
https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/commit/2f9677abb2ea68eab864ee8b6a828fd0141612e1
github.com
https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/releases/tag/v4.6.58
github.com
https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/security/advisories/GHSA-r7v3-x45f-g7hp
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