Is this vulnerability remotely exploitable?

It can be, depending on how agents are exposed. If an external user or integration can influence the paths used by the Action Orchestrator—directly or indirectly through prompts or task specifications—then remote exploitation is possible. A compromised or malicious agent with such control can also exploit it.

What level of access does an attacker need to exploit this issue?

The attacker needs the ability to control the path argument supplied to the orchestrator's file-write actions. They do not necessarily need OS-level access, only influence over the agent or workflow that issues those file operations.

What is the safest general fix pattern?

The safest pattern is to resolve every requested path to an absolute canonical path and then enforce that it resides strictly within the configured workspace directory. If the resolved path falls outside this boundary, the operation should be rejected. Combining this with least-privilege filesystem permissions limits damage if checks fail.

Severity:

CRITICAL RISK

(9.0)

Path Traversal (CWE-22) in PraisonAI Action Orchestrator Workspace Writer

CVE-2026-39305

Published:

Apr 7, 2026

Status:

Undergoing Analysis

Summary

Affected Context

Exploit Preconditions

Why This Happens

Potential Impact

General Mitigation Guidance

How Teams Detect Issues Like This

Frequently Asked Questions

Source

NDV

Recent Vulnerabilities

CWE-77;CWE-78

CRITICAL RISK

CRITICAL

(9.8)

OS Command Injection (CWE-78) in Totolink A7100RU CGI Handler setAccessDeviceCfg

Remote Code Execution on the Router

April 12, 2026

CWE-77;CWE-78

CRITICAL RISK

CRITICAL

(9.8)

OS Command Injection (CWE-78) in Totolink A7100RU CGI setLedCfg Handler

Remote Code Execution on the Router

April 12, 2026

Vulnerability Type

Category:

Path Traversal

CWE:

CWE-22

Impact:

Arbitrary File Write Outside Sandbox

Severity:

CRITICAL RISK

(9.0)

CVSS Version:

3.1

Vulnerability Type

Category:

Path Traversal

CWE:

CWE-22

Impact:

Arbitrary File Write Outside Sandbox

Severity:

CRITICAL RISK

(9.0)

CVSS Version:

3.1

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Path Traversal (CWE-22) in PraisonAI Action Orchestrator Workspace Writer

Summary

Affected Context

Exploit Preconditions

Why This Happens

Potential Impact

General Mitigation Guidance

How Teams Detect Issues Like This

Frequently Asked Questions

Source

Recent Vulnerabilities

CRITICAL RISK

CRITICAL

(9.8)

OS Command Injection (CWE-78) in Totolink A7100RU CGI Handler setAccessDeviceCfg

CRITICAL RISK

CRITICAL

(9.8)

OS Command Injection (CWE-78) in Totolink A7100RU CGI setLedCfg Handler

Vulnerability Type

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