CVE-2026-48168: PraisonAI: GitHub Actions Claude workflow command injection via unquoted PR branch name

Published Aug 5, 2026
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Updated

PraisonAI is a multi-agent teams system. In versions prior to 4.6.40, the bundled Claude GitHub Actions workflow is vulnerable to command injection because it embeds an attacker-controlled pull request branch name into a Bash run: block without quoting or validation. Additionally, the workflow allows any @claude comment to trigger the job regardless of whether the commenter is a trusted collaborator. An outside contributor can open a pull request from a fork whose branch name contains shell metacharacters and comment @claude, causing Bash to execute arbitrary shell code in the GitHub Actions runner. Because these commands run in a job holding a GitHub App token with write permissions, OIDC access, and gh/git access, the injection can be chained through $GITHUBPATH to compromise later privileged steps, enabling repository writes, pull request and issue manipulation, or OIDC-token abuse. This issue has been fixed in version 4.6.40.

Affected Software

1 affected component
PraisonAI PraisonAI<4.6.40

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade PraisonAI (bundled Claude GitHub Actions workflow) to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 4.6.40

Event History

Aug 5, 2026
CVE Published
via MITRE·06:29 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·06:29 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeakness
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