Record summary

CVE-2026-40289 has a selected CVSS score of 9.1 (critical).

Description

PraisonAI is a multi-agent teams system. In versions below 4.5.139 of PraisonAI and 1.5.140 of praisonaiagents, the browser bridge (praisonai browser start) is vulnerable to unauthenticated remote session hijacking due to missing authentication and a bypassable origin check on its /ws WebSocket endpoint. The server binds to 0.0.0.0 by default and only validates the Origin header when one is present, meaning any non-browser client that omits the header is accepted without restriction. An unauthenticated network attacker can connect, send a start_session message, and the server will route it to the first idle browser-extension WebSocket (effectively hijacking that session) and then broadcast all resulting automation actions and outputs back to the attacker. This enables unauthorized remote control of connected browser automation sessions, leakage of sensitive page context and automation results, and misuse of model-backed browser actions in any environment where the bridge is network-reachable. This issue has been fixed in versions 4.5.139 of PraisonAI and 1.5.140 of praisonaiagents.

Description source: CVE List

Exploitation context

CISA SSVC decision

ExploitationPoC
AutomatableYes
Technical impactTotal

CISA Coordinator · SSVC 2.0.3 · Evaluated Apr 14, 2026 · Source: CVE List

Affected products and versions

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ProductSourceVersion rangeStatus
CVE List< 4.5.139affected
CVE List< 1.5.140affected
GitHub AdvisoryBefore 4.5.139 · Fixed in 4.5.139affected
GitHub AdvisoryBefore 1.5.140 · Fixed in 1.5.140affected

References

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