What is CVE-2026-44338?
PraisonAI is a multi-agent teams system. From version 2.5.6 to before version 4.6.34, PraisonAI ships a legacy Flask API server with authentication disabled by default. When that server is used, any caller that can reach it can access /agents and trigger the configured agents.yaml workflow through /chat without providing a token. This issue has been patched in version 4.6.34.
The record classifies CVE-2026-44338 under weakness classes CWE-306, CWE-668, CWE-1188. Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw is reachable remotely over the network, needs no prior authentication, needs no user interaction. 1 affected-product entry is recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 173 days ago.
Severity and exploitation probability
- CVSS v3.1 base score
- 7.3 — HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - EPSS (FIRST)
- 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 56.0% of all scored CVEs
- CISA KEV
- Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
- Threadlinqs priority
- 8.4/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
- Published
- 2026-05-08
Is CVE-2026-44338 being exploited?
Weaponised exploit code for CVE-2026-44338 is publicly available. 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are tracked for this identifier. A ProjectDiscovery Nuclei detection template exists (http/cves/2026/CVE-2026-44338.yaml). It currently carries a trending score of 29 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.
- HORKimhab/CVE-2026-44338 (github)
- rootdirective-sec/CVE-2026-44338-Lab (github)
- trickest/cve (trickest)
Affected products and versions
- MervinPraison: PraisonAI
How to fix CVE-2026-44338
No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-44338 in the tracked sources. Follow the references below for a fix, and treat the products listed above as exposed until the vendor states otherwise.
Threat activity tracking CVE-2026-44338
1 tracked threat in the Threadlinqs corpus references CVE-2026-44338, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.
Sources
Enriched from CVE.org, FIRST EPSS, public proof-of-concept repositories, ProjectDiscovery Nuclei. Last verified by Threadlinqs on .