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CVE-2026-55527 - PraisonAI: Arbitrary file write via unsanitized `user_id` in `FileMemory.__init__()` — path traversal to any writable location

CVE ID :CVE-2026-55527
Published : Aug. 25, 2026, 3:16 p.m. | 1 hour, 12 minutes ago
Description :PraisonAI is a multi-agent teams system. Prior to praisonaiagents 1.6.58, the FileMemory constructor joins unsanitized user_id into self.user_path. A caller supplying ../ or path separators can escape the memory directory and write JSON data to arbitrary process-writable locations. The fix sanitizes user_id before constructing self.user_path. This issue is fixed in version 1.6.58.
Severity: 7.1 | HIGH
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