---
id: "CVE-2026-56833"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-56833"]
title: "PraisonAI: agent tools let callers read files outside storage directory"
severity: "high"
cvss: 7.5
epss: 0.00503
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "ai-tooling"
products: []
ecosystems: []
tags: ["ai-agents", "ai-tooling", "praisonai", "python"]
not_affected_if: ["dynamic-context-unused", "trusted-callers-only"]
published_at: "2026-10-23T12:18:14+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-23T21:57:33+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-25T12:38:51+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-56833", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T21:57:33+00:00"}, {"source": "epss", "url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-56833", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-25T12:38:51+00:00"}]
---

# PraisonAI: agent tools let callers read files outside storage directory

PraisonAI's Dynamic Context tools accept run_id and agent_id values that are joined into filesystem paths without checking for absolute paths or .. traversal. A caller who can invoke these tools can read .jsonl and .log files outside the configured base directory.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## How to check

- Check the installed PraisonAI version with `pip show praisonai` or `pip show praisonaiagents` and confirm whether it is between `3.8.1` and `4.6.59`
- Search your code for uses of the Dynamic Context history or terminal-log tool factories that pass run_id or agent_id from user or prompt input

## Fix

- Upgrade PraisonAI to `4.6.59` or later
- Until upgraded, do not expose Dynamic Context tools to lower-trust prompts or users

## Timeline

- 2026-10-23T21:57:33+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-56833
- 2026-10-25T12:38:51+00:00 epss https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-56833

## From the sources

PraisonAI is a multi-agent teams system. From version 3.8.1 to before version 4.6.59, PraisonAI's Dynamic Context module provides filesystem-backed history and terminal-log storage. The module also exports agent-callable tool factories. Those tools accept run_id and agent_id arguments from the tool caller. The underlying stores join those values into filesystem paths without rejecting absolute paths or .. traversal. Because run_id can be an absolute path and agent_id can contain traversal, a lower-trust prompt/user that can call these tools can read .jsonl and .log files outside the configured Dynamic Context base directory. This issue has been patched in version 4.6.59.

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