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High severity8.6NVD Advisory· Published Apr 10, 2026· Updated Apr 20, 2026

CVE-2026-40158

CVE-2026-40158

Description

PraisonAI is a multi-agent teams system. Prior to 4.5.128, PraisonAI's AST-based Python sandbox can be bypassed using type.__getattribute__ trampoline, allowing arbitrary code execution when running untrusted agent code. The _execute_code_direct function in praisonaiagents/tools/python_tools.py uses AST filtering to block dangerous Python attributes like __subclasses__, __globals__, and __bases__. However, the filter only checks ast.Attribute nodes, allowing a bypass. The sandbox relies on AST-based filtering of attribute access but fails to account for dynamic attribute resolution via built-in methods such as type.getattribute, resulting in incomplete enforcement of security restrictions. The string '__subclasses__' is an ast.Constant, not an ast.Attribute, so it is never checked against the blocked list. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.5.128.

Affected packages

Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.

PackageAffected versionsPatched versions
PraisonAIPyPI
< 4.5.1284.5.128

Affected products

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Patches

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Vulnerability mechanics

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