Crítica

PraisonAI `deploy --type api` emits a Flask server with authentication disabled by default

  • Publicada: 29.05.2026
  • Actualizado: 11.10.2026 14:18

Summary

CVE-2026-44338 (GHSA-6rmh-7xcm-cpxj) documents that PraisonAI ships a code-generator (praisonai.deploy.api.generate_api_server_code) that emits a Flask API server with authentication disabled by default. Users who follow the documented quickstart (praisonai deploy --type api) get a server that:

  • binds to 0.0.0.0 per the recommended sample YAML
  • exposes /chat and /agents endpoints
  • runs praisonai.run() on user-supplied JSON input — LLM orchestration with the API key materials present in the process environment
  • does not require any authentication

The PyPI wheel praisonai==4.6.33 (current @latest) still ships the generator with auth_enabled defaulting to False. The fix shape is opt-in via APIConfig(auth_enabled=True, auth_token=...).

Details

Anchor (file:line:symbol)

  • Vulnerable artifact: praisonai==4.6.33 on PyPI.
  • Defaults: praisonai/deploy/models.py:29 — auth_enabled: bool = Field(default=False, ...); praisonai/deploy/models.py:30 — auth_token: Optional[str] = Field(default=None, ...).
  • Generator: praisonai/deploy/api.py:40 — AUTH_ENABLED = {config.auth_enabled}; api.py:41 — AUTH_TOKEN = {repr(config.auth_token)}; api.py:43-49 — def check_auth(): if not AUTH_ENABLED: return True.
  • CLI entry: documented as praisonai deploy --type api (vendor README); produces the generator output above with no flag required to suppress the warning, because no warning is emitted.

Vulnerable code (verbatim from installed wheel)

python
# praisonai/deploy/models.py (praisonai==4.6.33)
class APIConfig(BaseModel):
    host: str = Field(default="127.0.0.1", description="Server host")
    port: int = Field(default=8005, description="Server port")
    cors_enabled: bool = Field(default=True, description="Enable CORS")
    auth_enabled: bool = Field(default=False, description="Enable authentication")     # line 29
    auth_token: Optional[str] = Field(default=None, description="Authentication token") # line 30
python
# praisonai/deploy/api.py (praisonai==4.6.33)
code = f\'\'\'...
# Authentication
AUTH_ENABLED = {config.auth_enabled}      # False by default
AUTH_TOKEN   = {repr(config.auth_token)}  # None by default

def check_auth():
    if not AUTH_ENABLED:
        return True                       # short-circuit, accept all
    token = request.headers.get(\'Authorization\', \'\').replace(\'Bearer \', \'\')
    return token == AUTH_TOKEN
...
\'\'\'

A default invocation of the deploy command emits a server whose check_auth() short-circuits to True and accepts unauthenticated /chat, /agents POSTs.

PoC

python
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""
legend-c420 PoC - PraisonAI 4.6.33 generates Flask API server with auth
disabled by default. Class H sibling of CVE-2026-44338.

Phase 1: reflect on praisonai.deploy.models.APIConfig defaults.
Phase 2: call generate_api_server_code(default config) and assert the
         emitted source contains AUTH_ENABLED = False and the
         short-circuit return.
Phase 3: re-run with auth_enabled=True, auth_token='s3cret-bearer-value'
         and confirm the emitted source flips to the secure shape.

Exit code 0 = PASS = vulnerable defaults confirmed.
"""
import sys, traceback

def phase1_dataclass_defaults():
    print("PHASE 1 - praisonai.deploy.models.APIConfig default values")
    from praisonai.deploy.models import APIConfig
    cfg = APIConfig()
    checks = [
        ("auth_enabled", cfg.auth_enabled, False),
        ("auth_token",   cfg.auth_token,   None),
    ]
    for name, observed, expected in checks:
        ok = observed == expected
        mark = "VULNERABLE" if name in ("auth_enabled","auth_token") and ok else "ok"
        print(f"  {name:14s} = {observed!r:18s}  (expected {expected!r})  [{mark}]")
        assert ok
    print("  >> APIConfig defaults reproduce the CVE-2026-44338 shape.")

def phase2_default_generator_emits_unauth():
    print("PHASE 2 - generate_api_server_code(default config) emits unauth server")
    from praisonai.deploy.models import APIConfig
    from praisonai.deploy.api import generate_api_server_code
    src = generate_api_server_code("agents.yaml", config=APIConfig())
    for needle in ["AUTH_ENABLED = False","AUTH_TOKEN = None","if not AUTH_ENABLED:","return True"]:
        assert needle in src, f"missing: {needle!r}"
        print(f"  [FOUND] {needle!r}")
    print("  >> Default-config generator emits Flask server with check_auth() short-circuit.")

def phase3_fix_shape_available():
    print("PHASE 3 - auth_enabled=True flips to secure shape")
    from praisonai.deploy.models import APIConfig
    from praisonai.deploy.api import generate_api_server_code
    cfg = APIConfig(auth_enabled=True, auth_token="s3cret-bearer-value")
    src = generate_api_server_code("agents.yaml", config=cfg)
    assert "AUTH_ENABLED = True" in src
    assert "AUTH_ENABLED = False" not in src
    print("  >> Fix shape works when toggled. Class H confirmed: default is insecure.")

def main():
    print("=" * 64)
    print("legend-c420 PoC - PraisonAI default-config AUTH_ENABLED=False")
    print("=" * 64)
    try:
        phase1_dataclass_defaults()
        phase2_default_generator_emits_unauth()
        phase3_fix_shape_available()
    except Exception:
        traceback.print_exc()
        print("FAIL"); sys.exit(2)
    print("PASS 3/3 phases. EXIT 0.")
    sys.exit(0)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

PoC dependencies: praisonai==4.6.33 from PyPI. Tested on Python 3.11.

Run log verdict: PASS 3/3 phases. EXIT 0. — vulnerable-default shape confirmed. auth_enabled=False by default, check_auth() short-circuits to True, fix toggle exists but is opt-in.

Impact

An operator who runs the vendor-documented quickstart (pip install praisonai && praisonai deploy --type api) gets a network-reachable Flask server that invokes praisonai.run() on attacker-supplied JSON with the user's LLM API keys in the process environment. The attacker reaches arbitrary LLM-orchestration (including any tool-use the agents define, which in PraisonAI commonly includes python_repl, bash, file I/O, and HTTP calls), with the host's API-key credit billed to the operator.

  • Belief: CVE-2026-44338 was filed and triaged.
  • Reality: praisonai==4.6.33 is current @latest on PyPI (2026-05-16). The generator still defaults to auth_enabled=False.
  • Gap: The CVE acknowledges the fix shape exists. The fix is opt-in. The default-config consumer remains vulnerable.

Parent CVE: CVE-2026-44338 / GHSA-6rmh-7xcm-cpxj

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PlataformaPaqueteVersiones vulnerablesCorregida en
Python (PyPI) praisonai < 4.6.40 4.6.40

Referencias

Puntuación CVSS 9.8/10
Vector CVSS
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Debilidad (CWE)
CWE-1188, CWE-306
Plataforma
Python (PyPI)
Paquete
praisonai
Publicada
29.05.2026
Actualizado
11.10.2026 14:18

Fuentes y licencias

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - PYSEC-2026-465 - PyPA Advisory Database; CC BY 4.0

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-8444-4fhq-fxpq - CC BY 4.0

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