CVE-2026-40313PraisonAI: ArtiPACKED Vulnerability via GitHub Actions Credential Persistence
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PraisonAI is a multi-agent teams system. In versions 4.5.139 and below, the GitHub Actions workflows are vulnerable to ArtiPACKED attack, a known credential leakage vector caused by using actions/checkout without setting persist-credentials: false. By default, actions/checkout writes the GITHUB_TOKEN (and sometimes ACTIONS_RUNTIME_TOKEN) into the .git/config file for persistence, and if any subsequent workflow step uploads artifacts (build outputs, logs, test results, etc.), these tokens can be inadvertently included. Since PraisonAI is a public repository, any user with read access can download these artifacts and extract the leaked tokens, potentially enabling an attacker to push malicious code, poison releases and PyPI/Docker packages, steal repository secrets, and execute a full supply chain compromise affecting all downstream users. The issue spans numerous workflow and action files across .github/workflows/ and .github/actions/. This issue has been fixed in version 4.5.140.
- CVSS
- 9.1 CRITICAL (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-829
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- GitHub_M
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Apr 14, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
MervinPraison PraisonAI mervinpraison:praisonai (from the name) | before 4.5.140 | CNA record |
praison praisonai praison:praisonai | before 4.5.140 | NVD |
References
- https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/security/advisories/GHSA-3959-6v5q-45q2x-refsource-confirm, vendor-advisory
- https://thehackernews.com/2024/08/github-vulnerability-artipacked-exposes.htmlx-refsource-misc, press/media-coverage
- https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/github-repo-artifacts-leak-tokensx-refsource-misc, mitigation, third-party-advisory
The CVE record on cve.org NVD's entry
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