CVE-2026-40289 PUBLISHED

PraisonAI Browser Server allows unauthenticated WebSocket clients to hijack connected extension sessions

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 10.04.2026 Published: 14.04.2026 Updated: 14.04.2026

PraisonAI is a multi-agent teams system. In versions below 4.5.139 of PraisonAI and 1.5.140 of praisonaiagents, the browser bridge (praisonai browser start) is vulnerable to unauthenticated remote session hijacking due to missing authentication and a bypassable origin check on its /ws WebSocket endpoint. The server binds to 0.0.0.0 by default and only validates the Origin header when one is present, meaning any non-browser client that omits the header is accepted without restriction. An unauthenticated network attacker can connect, send a start_session message, and the server will route it to the first idle browser-extension WebSocket (effectively hijacking that session) and then broadcast all resulting automation actions and outputs back to the attacker. This enables unauthorized remote control of connected browser automation sessions, leakage of sensitive page context and automation results, and misuse of model-backed browser actions in any environment where the bridge is network-reachable. This issue has been fixed in versions 4.5.139 of PraisonAI and 1.5.140 of praisonaiagents.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS Score: 9.1

Product Status

Vendor MervinPraison
Product PraisonAI
Versions
  • Version < 4.5.139 is affected
Vendor MervinPraison
Product praisonaiagents
Versions
  • Version < 1.5.140 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-306: Missing Authentication for Critical Function CWE