PraisonAI: GitHub Actions Claude workflow command injection via unquoted PR branch name (MervinPraison PraisonAI)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 1.50 % Β· percentile 74 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- GitHub_M
- NVD status
- Deferred
Description
PraisonAI is a multi-agent teams system. In versions prior to 4.6.40, the bundled Claude GitHub Actions workflow is vulnerable to command injection because it embeds an attacker-controlled pull request branch name into a Bash run: block without quoting or validation. Additionally, the workflow allows any @claude comment to trigger the job regardless of whether the commenter is a trusted collaborator. An outside contributor can open a pull request from a fork whose branch name contains shell metacharacters and comment @claude, causing Bash to execute arbitrary shell code in the GitHub Actions runner. Because these commands run in a job holding a GitHub App token with write permissions, OIDC access, and gh/git access, the injection can be chained through $GITHUB_PATH to compromise later privileged steps, enabling repository writes, pull request and issue manipulation, or OIDC-token abuse. This issue has been fixed in version 4.6.40.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-862 β Missing Authorization
References
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL 10.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H | GitHub_M |
| CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL 10.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H | NVD Β· security-advisories@github.com (Secondary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD Β· EUVD-2026-53575
- GCVE Β· GCVE-0-2026-48168
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| MervinPraison Β· PraisonAI | affected < 4.6.40 |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST β attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA β reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain β this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |