CVE-2026-61431

MEDIUMPre-NVD 5.55.5—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 5.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-07-10. a secondary CVSS source baseline 5.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 4 sources updated this weekElevated
5.5
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 5.5Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

PraisonAI before 4.6.78 contains a path traversal vulnerability in ContextGatherer that fails to validate include paths in .praisoncontext and .praisoninclude files. Attackers can supply absolute paths or parent directory traversal sequences to read arbitrary files outside the workspace and include their contents in the generated context bundle.

CVSS v3
5.5
EG Score
5.5(high)
EPSS
17.3%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 10, 2026

Last Modified

July 10, 2026

Advisory Details (3)

Auto-updated Jul 10, 2026
🔬 Proof of concept available. Patch available. Sources: github_commit, github.
github Patch Available🟡 PoC Available

ContextGatherer include resolution permits absolute and traversal reads outside the workspace · Advisory · MervinPraison/PraisonAI · GitHub

https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/security/advisories/GHSA-q7m5-3jmv-vm48
generic

PraisonAI before 4.6.78 Path Traversal via ContextGatherer | Advisories | VulnCheck

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/praisonai-before-path-traversal-via-contextgatherer
github_commit Patch Available

commit 1620b49f3694 (MervinPraison/PraisonAI)

Patch available: MervinPraison/PraisonAI v4.6.111 (contains commit 1620b49f3694)

https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/commit/1620b49f36945d8cc8ee5635b906c960df5097a0

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-61431(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 17× in last 7d / 17× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-15 16:57 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-07-15 02:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-07-15 02:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-15 00:08 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-07-15 00:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-07-13 22:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-07-13 21:45 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-07-13 21:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-07-13 06:13 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-07-13 06:13 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-07-12 19:23 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-07-12 19:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-07-12 05:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-07-11 17:02 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-07-11 17:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-07-10 14:42 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-07-10 14:42 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-61431?
CVE-2026-61431 is a medium vulnerability published on July 10, 2026. PraisonAI before 4.6.78 contains a path traversal vulnerability in ContextGatherer that fails to validate include paths in .praisoncontext and .praisoninclude files. Attackers can supply absolute paths or parent directory traversal sequences to read arbitrary files outside the workspace and include…
When was CVE-2026-61431 disclosed?
CVE-2026-61431 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 10, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-61431 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-61431 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 17.3% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-61431?
CVE-2026-61431 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-61431?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-61431, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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