Unauthenticated agent execution via disabled API authentication
Published Jul 21, 2026 · Updated Jul 21, 2026
Missing authentication in PraisonAI before 4.6.40 allows remote attackers to invoke generated API agents through exposed endpoints. The deploy API generator sets APIConfig.auth_enabled to false by default, causing check_auth() to return true without validating a bearer token. When an operator exposes the generated Flask server, unauthenticated requests can consume LLM API credits and exercise tools configured for its agents.
Summary
What happened
Missing authentication in PraisonAI before 4.6.40 allows remote attackers to invoke generated API agents through exposed endpoints. The deploy API generator sets APIConfig.auth_enabled to false by default, causing check_auth() to return true without validating a bearer token. When an operator exposes the generated Flask server, unauthenticated requests can consume LLM API credits and exercise tools configured for its agents.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-47393
- Published
- Jul 21, 2026
- Updated
- Jul 21, 2026
- Vendor
- PraisonAI
- Product
- PraisonAI
- Classifications
- CWE-1188, CWE-306, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jul 21, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jul 21, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=< 4.6.40
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