Paper/Archive/CVE-2026-40313

CVE-2026-40313

MervinPraison PraisonAI — PraisonAI: ArtiPACKED Vulnerability via GitHub Actions Credential Persistence

Description · from the CVE record

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.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
PraisonAI< 4.5.140–CNA

Scores by source

GitHub_M (CNA)9.1CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total

References

refgithub.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/security/advisories/GHSA-3959-6v5q-45q2refthehackernews.com/2024/08/github-vulnerability-artipacked-exposes.htmlrefunit42.paloaltonetworks.com/github-repo-artifacts-leak-tokens