CVEvulnerability

CVE-2026-40153

6.5 MEDIUM Published 2026-04-09 Modified 2026-10-26 Official page ↗
Status
Analyzed
Published
2026-04-09
Last modified
2026-10-26
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.4 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
6.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-526

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.

Affected configurations

• praison praisonaiagents (< 1.5.128)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-526 Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information in an Environment Variable weakness

References