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CVE-2026-39888

CRITICAL Exploitation: PoC
10.0
CVSS 3.1
Description
PraisonAI is a multi-agent teams system. Prior to 1.5.115, execute_code() in praisonaiagents.tools.python_tools defaults to sandbox_mode="sandbox", which runs user code in a subprocess wrapped with a restricted __builtins__ dict and an AST-based blocklist. The AST blocklist embedded inside the subprocess wrapper (blocked_attrs of python_tools.py) contains only 11 attribute names — a strict subset of the 30+ names blocked in the direct-execution path. The four attributes that form a frame-traversal chain out of the sandbox are all absent from the subprocess list (__traceback__, tb_frame, f_back, and f_builtins). Chaining these attributes through a caught exception exposes the real Python builtins dict of the subprocess wrapper frame, from which exec can be retrieved and called under a non-blocked variable name — bypassing every remaining security layer. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.5.115.

Metadata

CVE ID
CVE-2026-39888
State
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Reserved
2026-04-07 20:32 UTC
Published
2026-04-08 20:41 UTC
Last updated
2026-04-09 20:21 UTC
Primary CWE
CWE-657
CWE-657: Violation of Secure Design Principles
Vendor / Product
MervinPraison / praisonaiagents
Sources
cve.org  ·  NVD

Severity & Metrics

10.0 CRITICAL CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC — CISA Coordinator
Exploitation
PoC
Automatable
no
Tech. Impact
total
Affected products (1)
VendorProductPlatformVersions
MervinPraison praisonaiagents < 1.5.115
Weakness (CWE)
CWESourceDescription
CWE-657 cna CWE-657: Violation of Secure Design Principles
CWE-693 cna CWE-693: Protection Mechanism Failure
CVSS scores (1)
ScoreSeverityVersionSourceVector
10.0 CRITICAL 3.1 cna CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
References (1)
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