Description
PraisonAI is a multi-agent teams system. Prior to version 4.5.90, MCPToolIndex.search_tools() compiles a caller-supplied string directly as a Python regular expression with no validation, sanitization, or timeout. A crafted regex causes catastrophic backtracking in the re engine, blocking the Python thread for hundreds of seconds and causing a complete service outage. This issue has been patched in version 4.5.90.
Published: 2026-04-03
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Denial of Service via regular expression backtracking
Action: Patch/Upgrade
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-8w9j-hc3g-3g7f PraisonAI Has ReDoS via Unvalidated User-Controlled Regex in MCPToolIndex.search_tools()
History

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Praison
Praison praisonai
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:praison:praisonai:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Praison
Praison praisonai

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Mervinpraison
Mervinpraison praisonai
Vendors & Products Mervinpraison
Mervinpraison praisonai

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 20:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Sat, 04 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description PraisonAI is a multi-agent teams system. Prior to version 4.5.90, MCPToolIndex.search_tools() compiles a caller-supplied string directly as a Python regular expression with no validation, sanitization, or timeout. A crafted regex causes catastrophic backtracking in the re engine, blocking the Python thread for hundreds of seconds and causing a complete service outage. This issue has been patched in version 4.5.90.
Title PraisonAI: ReDoS via Unvalidated User-Controlled Regex in MCPToolIndex.search_tools()
Weaknesses CWE-1333
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


Subscriptions

Mervinpraison Praisonai
Praison Praisonai
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-06T19:05:34.164Z

Reserved: 2026-03-31T17:27:08.660Z

Link: CVE-2026-34939

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-04-06T19:05:29.491Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-04-03T23:17:06.330

Modified: 2026-04-09T16:57:59.227

Link: CVE-2026-34939

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-04-10T09:45:34Z

Weaknesses