CVE-2026-34937: PraisonAI: Shell Injection in run_python() via Unescaped $() Substitution

April 1, 2026 (updated April 6, 2026)

run_python() in praisonai constructs a shell command string by interpolating user-controlled code into python3 -c "<code>" and passing it to subprocess.run(..., shell=True). The escaping logic only handles \ and ", leaving $() and backtick substitutions unescaped, allowing arbitrary OS command execution before Python is invoked.

References

github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI
github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/security/advisories/GHSA-w37c-qqfp-c67f
github.com/advisories/GHSA-w37c-qqfp-c67f
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-34937

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