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
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| MervinPraison | PraisonAI | < 4.6.40 | — |
| MervinPraison | < 1.6.40 | praisonaiagents | — |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | praisonai | < 4.6.40 | 4.6.40 | GHSA-4mr5-g6f9-cfrh |
| PyPI | praisonaiagents | < 1.6.40 | 1.6.40 | GHSA-4mr5-g6f9-cfrh |