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.
History

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

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First Time appeared Mervinpraison
Mervinpraison praisonai
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Mervinpraison praisonai

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Metrics ssvc

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


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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'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2026-04-03T22:52:32.763Z

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 : Undergoing Analysis

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

Modified: 2026-04-07T13:20:55.200

Link: CVE-2026-34939

cve-icon Redhat

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