CVE-2026-44340
Description
PraisonAI is a multi-agent teams system. Prior to version 4.6.37, the _safe_extractall helper that all recipe pull, recipe publish, and recipe unpack flows route through validates each archive member's name for absolute paths, .. segments, and resolved-path escape — but does not validate member.linkname, does not reject symlink/hardlink members, and calls tar.extractall(dest_dir) without filter="data". A bundle that contains a symlink with a name inside dest_dir but a linkname pointing outside it, followed by a regular file whose path traverses through the just-created symlink, escapes dest_dir and lets the attacker write arbitrary content to an attacker-chosen location on the victim's filesystem. This issue has been patched in version 4.6.37.
Affected packages
Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|
PraisonAIPyPI | < 4.6.37 | 4.6.37 |
Affected products
2Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
3- github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/security/advisories/GHSA-9q28-ghcr-c4x3nvdVendor AdvisoryExploitMitigationWEB
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-9q28-ghcr-c4x3ghsaADVISORY
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-44340ghsaADVISORY
News mentions
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