CVE-2026-57132 PraisonAI: PRAISONAI_CALL_AUTH=disabled environment variable unconditionally disables authentication
Setting a specific environment variable disables authentication, allowing unauthenticated users to invoke agents and access private context.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2026-57132?
CVE-2026-57132 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in MervinPraison PraisonAI, published on 14 Sep 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 4.6.62, setting PRAISONAI_CALL_AUTH to disabled makes verify_token accept requests to /api/v1/agents/{id}/invoke without CALL_SERVER_TOKEN authentication. Deployments that use the application's advertised opt-out can expose registered agents and their connected tools or private context to unauthenticated invocation. The vulnerability is fixed in 4.6.62.
Weakness: CWE-287
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-57132?
3 open source packages ship an affected version, including praisonai.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
praisonai PyPI | All versions | 4.6.61 |
praisonai PyPI | All versions | 4.6.61 |
praisonai PyPI | All versions | 4.6.61 |
How do I fix CVE-2026-57132?
Upgrade praisonai to 4.6.61 or later.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2026-57132 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-57132 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8ccj-p46r-jwqq, PYSEC-2026-3508.