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CVE-2026-56078 PraisonAI CVE debrief
CVE-2026-56078 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in PraisonAI's MultiAgentMonitor. Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to read, write, or overwrite arbitrary files, potentially leading to sensitive disclosure, denial of service, or code execution. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 8.7 and is considered HIGH severity. PraisonAI versions before 1.5.115 are affected. Users should update to version 1.5.115 or later to mitigate this vulnerability.
- Vendor
- PraisonAI
- Product
- Unknown
- CVSS
- HIGH 8.7
- CISA KEV
- Not listed in stored evidence
- Original CVE published
- 2026-06-18
- Original CVE updated
- 2026-06-22
- Advisory published
- 2026-06-18
- Advisory updated
- 2026-06-22
Who should care
Users of PraisonAI versions before 1.5.115 should be aware of this vulnerability and take immediate action to update to a patched version. Additionally, administrators and security teams responsible for monitoring and patching vulnerabilities in their organization's systems should prioritize this CVE.
Technical summary
The vulnerability exists in the MultiAgentMonitor component of PraisonAI, where agent IDs are not properly sanitized when building file paths. This allows attackers to inject traversal sequences like ../ in agent IDs, potentially leading to arbitrary file access, modification, or overwriting. The CVSS vector for this vulnerability is CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X.
Defensive priority
High
Recommended defensive actions
- Update PraisonAI to version 1.5.115 or later
- Implement input validation and sanitization for agent IDs in MultiAgentMonitor
- Monitor for suspicious activity and implement additional security measures to prevent exploitation
- Review and update security configurations to ensure proper access controls are in place
- Consider implementing a Web Application Firewall (WAF) to detect and prevent attacks
- Regularly review and update software dependencies to ensure the latest security patches are applied
Evidence notes
The information provided is based on data from the National Vulnerability Database (NVD) and other reliable sources. The CVE record and NVD detail can be accessed through the following links: [CVE-2026-56078 CVE record](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-56078) and [CVE-2026-56078 NVD detail](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-56078).
Official resources
CVE-2026-56078 was published on 2026-06-18T23:16:19.760Z and has not been modified since then.