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CVE-2026-44340: PraisonAI's symlink-extraction bypass of `_safe_extractall` writes outside `dest_dir`

May 11, 2026

The _safe_extractall helper that all recipe pull, recipe publish, and recipe unpack flows route through validates each archive member’s name for absolute paths, .. segments, and resolved-path escape — but does not validate member.linkname, does not reject symlink/hardlink members, and calls tar.extractall(dest_dir) without filter="data". A bundle that contains a symlink with a name inside dest_dir but a linkname pointing outside it, followed by a regular file whose path traverses through the just-created symlink, escapes dest_dir and lets the attacker write arbitrary content to an attacker-chosen location on the victim’s filesystem.

References

  • github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/security/advisories/GHSA-9q28-ghcr-c4x3
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-9q28-ghcr-c4x3
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-44340

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions before 4.6.37

Fixed versions

  • 4.6.37

Solution

Upgrade to version 4.6.37 or above.

Impact 7.5 HIGH

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

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Weakness

  • CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
  • CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Source file

pypi/praisonai/CVE-2026-44340.yml

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