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CVE-2026-34955 (GCVE-0-2026-34955)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-03 23:04 – Updated: 2026-04-06 19:06

Title

PraisonAI: Sandbox Escape via shell=True and Bypassable Blocklist in SubprocessSandbox

Summary

PraisonAI is a multi-agent teams system. Prior to version 4.5.97, SubprocessSandbox in all modes (BASIC, STRICT, NETWORK_ISOLATED) calls subprocess.run() with shell=True and relies solely on string-pattern matching to block dangerous commands. The blocklist does not include sh or bash as standalone executables, allowing trivial sandbox escape in STRICT mode via sh -c '<command>'. This issue has been patched in version 4.5.97.

Severity ?

8.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

CWE-78 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

Assigner

GitHub_M

References

URL

Tags

https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/securi…

x_refsource_CONFIRM

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	MervinPraison	PraisonAI	Affected: < 4.5.97

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FKIE_CVE-2026-34955

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-04-04 00:16 - Updated: 2026-04-07 13:20

Severity ?

8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

References

	URL	Tags
	security-advisories@github.com	https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/security/advisories/GHSA-r4f2-3m54-pp7q

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version

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GHSA-R4F2-3M54-PP7Q

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-04-01 23:26 – Updated: 2026-04-06 22:54

Summary

PraisonAI Has Sandbox Escape via shell=True and Bypassable Blocklist in SubprocessSandbox

Details

Summary

SubprocessSandbox in all modes (BASIC, STRICT, NETWORK_ISOLATED) calls subprocess.run() with shell=True and relies solely on string-pattern matching to block dangerous commands. The blocklist does not include sh or bash as standalone executables, allowing trivial sandbox escape in STRICT mode via sh -c '<command>'.

Details

sandbox_executor.py:179 (source) -> sandbox_executor.py:326 (sink)

# source -- string-pattern blocklist, sh and bash not in blocked_commands
cmd_name = Path(parts[0]).name
if cmd_name in self.policy.blocked_commands:  # sh, bash not blocked
    raise SecurityError(...)
dangerous_patterns = [
    ("| sh",   ...),   # requires space -- "id|bash" evades this
    ("| bash", ...),   # requires space
]

# sink -- shell=True spawns /bin/sh regardless of sandbox mode
result = subprocess.run(
    command,
    shell=True,
    ...
)

PoC

# tested on: praisonai==4.5.87 (source install)
# install: pip install -e src/praisonai
import sys
sys.path.insert(0, 'src/praisonai')
from praisonai.cli.features.sandbox_executor import SubprocessSandbox, SandboxPolicy, SandboxMode

policy = SandboxPolicy.for_mode(SandboxMode.STRICT)
sandbox = SubprocessSandbox(policy=policy)

result = sandbox.execute("sh -c 'id'")
print(result.stdout)
# expected output: uid=1000(narey) gid=1000(narey) groups=1000(narey)...

Impact

Users who deploy with --sandbox strict have no meaningful OS-level isolation. Any command blocked by the policy (curl, wget, nc, ssh) is trivially reachable via sh -c '<blocked_command>'. Combined with agent prompt injection, an attacker can escape the sandbox and reach the network, filesystem, and cloud metadata services.

Suggested Fix

import shlex

result = subprocess.run(
    shlex.split(command),
    shell=False,
    cwd=cwd,
    env=env,
    capture_output=capture_output,
    text=True,
    timeout=timeout
)

Severity ?

8.8 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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          "events": [
            {
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  },
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  "modified": "2026-04-06T22:54:33Z",
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Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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CVE-2026-34955 (GCVE-0-2026-34955)

FKIE_CVE-2026-34955

GHSA-R4F2-3M54-PP7Q

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