Description
PraisonAI is a multi-agent teams system. Prior to praisonai 4.6.58, the MCP HTTP Stream mcp_post handler creates a new _sessions entry for every initialize request but does not call _cleanup_sessions or enforce a maximum. An unauthenticated caller can exhaust memory. The fix invokes cleanup and limits sessions through PRAISONAI_MCP_MAX_SESSIONS. This issue is fixed in version 4.6.58.
Published: 2026-08-25
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Denial of Service
Action: Immediate Patch
AI Analysis

Impact

Spray—PraisonAI’s MCP HTTP Stream endpoint creates a new session object for each initialize request sent to the _sessions data structure. The code fails to trigger a cleanup routine or enforce a maximum session count. An unauthenticated caller therefore can submit numerous initialize requests, causing the session list to grow without bound and consuming the system’s memory resources. The unchecked memory usage can lead to process termination or severe slowdown, effectively denying service to legitimate users. This flaw aligns with CWE‑400 (Uncontrolled Resource Consumption) and CWE‑770 (Memory Leak).

Affected Systems

The vulnerability exists in all releases of PraisonAI prior to version 4.6.58. Any deployment running 4.6.57 or earlier is susceptible. The fix is implemented in release 4.6.58 and later. The affected vendor is MervinPraison, product PraisonAI.

Risk and Exploitability

The CVSS score of 6.5 indicates medium severity, with no exploitation proof of concept reported yet. The EPSS score is not available, and the vulnerability is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog. The likely attack vector is an unauthenticated attacker sending repeated initialize requests to the MCP endpoint. Because the vulnerability does not require authentication and operates over an HTTP interface, it can be triggered remotely from any network segment that can reach the server. The risk of denial of service is real if the attacker can sustain a high volume of initialize requests without rate limiting. The impact is limited to availability, but it can also affect overall system performance for all users.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on August 25, 2026 at 16:44 UTC.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Apply the official update to PraisonAI v4.6.58 or later to enable session cleanup and a maximum session cap
  • Disable or restrict access to the MCP HTTP Stream endpoint to prevent unauthenticated initialize requests
  • Implement network‑level rate limiting or firewall rules to cap the number of initialize requests that can reach the server

Generated by OpenCVE AI on August 25, 2026 at 16:44 UTC.

Tracking

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-wv94-5qcp-6m36 PraisonAI MCP HTTP server has unauthenticated unbounded session accumulation (memory exhaustion; session TTL never enforced)
History

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 17:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 25 Aug 2026 17:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Mervinpraison
Mervinpraison praisonai
Vendors & Products Mervinpraison
Mervinpraison praisonai

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 15:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description PraisonAI is a multi-agent teams system. Prior to praisonai 4.6.58, the MCP HTTP Stream mcp_post handler creates a new _sessions entry for every initialize request but does not call _cleanup_sessions or enforce a maximum. An unauthenticated caller can exhaust memory. The fix invokes cleanup and limits sessions through PRAISONAI_MCP_MAX_SESSIONS. This issue is fixed in version 4.6.58.
Title PraisonAI: Unauthenticated unbounded session accumulation in the PraisonAI MCP HTTP server (memory exhaustion; session TTL never enforced)
Weaknesses CWE-400
CWE-770
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


Subscriptions

Mervinpraison Praisonai
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-25T16:14:09.460Z

Reserved: 2026-06-16T23:01:04.073Z

Link: CVE-2026-55531

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-25T16:14:06.455Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-08-25T15:16:34.017

Modified: 2026-09-09T21:07:31.353

Link: CVE-2026-55531

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-25T17:00:03Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-400

    Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

  • CWE-770

    Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling