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Critical · 9.9 CVE-2026-47392 EUVD-2026-46282GHSA-4mr5-g6f9-cfrhPYSEC-2026-463PYSEC-2026-483

PraisonAI vulnerable to sandbox escape via `print.__self__` builtins module leak in `execute_code` (subprocess mode)

Published Jul 21, 2026 · Updated Jul 21, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

PraisonAI is a multi-agent teams system. Prior to version 4.6.40 of PraisonAI, corresponding to version 1.6.40 of praisonaiagents, `execute_code()` in `praisonaiagents/tools/python_tools.py` (v1.6.37, subprocess sandbox mode) can be fully bypassed using `print.__self__` to retrieve the real Python `builtins` module, from which `__import__` can be extracted via `vars()` and runtime string construction. This achieves arbitrary OS command execution on the host, completely defeating the sandbox. This is a novel bypass that survives all patches for CVE-2026-39888 (frame traversal), CVE-2026-34938 (str subclass), and CVE-2026-40158 (`type.__getattribute__` trampoline). PraisonAI version 4.6.40 and praisonaiagents version 1.6.40 contain an updated fix.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
MervinPraison PraisonAI < 4.6.40 —
MervinPraison < 1.6.40 praisonaiagents —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
PyPI praisonai < 4.6.40 4.6.40 GHSA-4mr5-g6f9-cfrh
PyPI praisonaiagents < 1.6.40 1.6.40 GHSA-4mr5-g6f9-cfrh

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