# CVE-2026-34952: PraisonAI: Missing Authentication in WebSocket Gateway

> Unauthenticated WebSocket access allows attackers to enumerate agents and execute arbitrary commands via agent tools.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 3 Apr 2026
- **Updated:** 6 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-cfh6-vr3j-qc3g, PYSEC-2026-474

## What is CVE-2026-34952?

CVE-2026-34952 is a critical missing authorization vulnerability in MervinPraison PraisonAI, published on 3 Apr 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

PraisonAI is a multi-agent teams system. Prior to version 4.5.97, 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. This issue has been patched in version 4.5.97.

Weakness: CWE-306 (Missing Authentication for Critical Functionality)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-34952?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including praisonai. It affects 1 product.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `praisonai` | PyPI | All versions | 4.5.97 |
| `praisonai` | PyPI | All versions | 4.5.97 |
| `praisonai` | PyPI | All versions | 4.5.97 |

Products: Praison Praisonai.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-34952?

Upgrade praisonai to 4.5.97 or later.

## Is CVE-2026-34952 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-34952 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in MervinPraison PraisonAI

- [CVE-2026-39888](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-39888/): PraisonAIAgents has a sandbox escape via exception frame traversal in `execute_code` (subprocess mode) (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2026-41497](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-41497/): Incomplete fix for CVE-2026-34935: Command Injection in MervinPraison/PraisonAI (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-40288](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-40288/): PraisonAI: Critical RCE via `type: job` workflow YAML (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-39890](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-39890/): PraisonAI Affected by Remote Code Execution via YAML Deserialization in Agent Definition Loading (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-34934](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-34934/): PraisonAI: Second-Order SQL Injection in `get_all_user_threads` (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-34952 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-34952 is a critical missing authorization vulnerability in MervinPraison PraisonAI, published on 3 Apr 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-34952 exists.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- praisonai (PyPI): affected all versions; fixed in 4.5.97
- praisonai (PyPI): affected all versions; fixed in 4.5.97
- praisonai (PyPI): affected all versions; fixed in 4.5.97

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-34952/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-34952/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-34952
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-34952
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-34952

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-34952/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.