HIGH 7.5 GitHub
CVE-2026-61439
PraisonAI: Prompt Injection Defense Bypassed for HIGH-Level Threats
### Summary
Injection Defense is a purpose-built prompt injection defense layer. It scans LLM inputs through six detection categories: instruction overrides, authority claims, boundary manipulation, obfuscation, financial manipulation, and self-harm instructions.
The defense is misconfigured by default. The block threshold defaults to Threat Level. CRITICAL, which is only reached when 3 or more detection checks fire simultaneously. A single-check match — including the explicitly flagged "danger
Affected Products
- pip/PraisonAI <= 4.6.77
References
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fj8f-m44g-c479
- https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/security/advisories/GHSA-fj8f-m44g-c479
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-61439
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/praisonai-before-prompt-injection-defense-bypass
This high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.5 was published on 2026-10-07 via GitHub. Affected: pip/PraisonAI <= 4.6.77.
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