GHSA-vmf9-xx9w-86wx
# PraisonAI ToolsMCPServer legacy SSE transport accepts attacker Host/Origin and exposes registered tools ## Summary `praisonaiagents.mcp.ToolsMCPServer.run_sse()` builds a Starlette MCP HTTP+SSE server around `mcp.server.sse.SseServerTransport`. The server exposes `/sse` and `/messages/`, but it does not validate `Origin`, does not validate `Host`, and does not require any authentication. This is reachable through supported PraisonAI code paths that wrap configured MCP server tools and re-expose them over legacy SSE: - `praisonai mcp run <name> --transport sse` - `praisonai serve mcp --name <name> --transport sse` - direct use of `ToolsMCPServer(...).run_sse(...)` or `launch_tools_mcp_server(..., transport="sse")` A malicious website can use DNS rebinding against a local or internal PraisonAI SSE MCP server and send requests with attacker-controlled `Host` and `Origin` headers. The local PoV binds only to `127.0.0.1`, sends an attacker `Host` and `Origin`, lists the registered tool, and invokes it successfully. The same attacker `Origin` is rejected by PraisonAI's current Streamable HTTP transport with HTTP 403. The vulnerability is therefore a sibling transport guard gap in the legacy SSE wrapper, not intended behavior. ## Affected product - Repository: `MervinPraison/PraisonAI` - Packages: - `praisonaiagents` - `praisonai` - Primary component: `src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/mcp/mcp_server.py` - CLI wrappers: - `src/praisonai/praisonai/cli/commands/mcp.py` - `src/praisonai/praisonai/cli/commands/serve.py` - Latest verified release/current head: - `praisonaiagents 1.6.58` - `PraisonAI 4.6.58` - repo head `1ad58ca02975ff1398efeda694ea2ab78f20cf3e` Suggested affected ranges: - `praisonaiagents >= 0.6.0, <= 1.6.58` - `praisonai >= 3.10.0, <= 4.6.58` No fixed version is known at submission time. Confirmed source sweep: ```text v3.0.0 ToolsMCPServer.run_sse helper present, no Origin/Host/auth checks v3.10.0 praisonai mcp run --tr
Properties
- ghsa_id
- GHSA-vmf9-xx9w-86wx
- summary
- PraisonAI ToolsMCPServer legacy SSE transport accepts attacker Host/Origin and exposes registered tools
- severity
- high
- cvss_score
- 8.3
- cve_id
- GHSA-vmf9-xx9w-86wx
- cvss_vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- is_ghsa_only
- true
- ghsa_published
- 2026-06-18T13:52:40Z
- source_url
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vmf9-xx9w-86wx
- ghsa_updated
- 2026-06-18T13:52:42Z
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