CVE-2026-40153

HIGH

PraisonAIAgents Affected by Environment Variable Secret Exfiltration via os.path.expandvars() Bypassing shell=False in Shell Tool

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

PraisonAIAgents is a multi-agent teams system. Prior to 1.5.128, the execute_command function in shell_tools.py calls os.path.expandvars() on every command argument at line 64, manually re-implementing shell-level environment variable expansion despite using shell=False (line 88) for security. This allows exfiltration of secrets stored in environment variables (database credentials, API keys, cloud access keys). The approval system displays the unexpanded $VAR references to human reviewers, creating a deceptive approval where the displayed command differs from what actually executes. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.5.128.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 7.4
EPSS 0.0027
EPSS Percentile 19.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-526
Status published
Products (3)
MervinPraison/PraisonAIAgents < 1.5.128
praison/praisonaiagents < 1.5.128
pypi/praisonaiagents 0 - 1.5.128PyPI
Published Apr 09, 2026
Tracked Since Apr 10, 2026