Medium severity · published Jul 10, 2026
CVE-2026-61431
PraisonAI before 4.6.78 Path Traversal via ContextGatherer
5.5
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
PraisonAI before 4.6.78 contains a path traversal vulnerability in ContextGatherer that fails to validate include paths in .praisoncontext and .praisoninclude files. Attackers can supply absolute paths or parent directory traversal sequences to read arbitrary files outside the workspace and include their contents in the generated context bundle.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 31% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PR
PraisonAI · MervinPraison
before 4.6.78 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-61431
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-61431
github.com
https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/commit/1620b49f36945d8cc8ee5635b906c960df5097a0
github.com
https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/security/advisories/GHSA-q7m5-3jmv-vm48
www.vulncheck.com
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/praisonai-before-path-traversal-via-contextgatherer
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