CVE-2026-48168 is a critical vulnerability in PraisonAI versions prior to 4.6.40 affecting the bundled Claude GitHub Actions workflow. The workflow constructs a Bash run step using a pull request branch name that is attacker-controlled, without proper quoting or validation, creating a command injection condition. The issue is compounded by insufficient authorization checks in the workflow logic, which permits any user to trigger the job by posting an @claude comment rather than restricting execution to trusted collaborators. An external contributor can submit a pull request from a fork with a crafted branch name containing shell metacharacters and then trigger the workflow, causing arbitrary shell commands to execute on the GitHub Actions runner. Because the workflow executes with elevated CI/CD privileges, the initial injection can be chained into later privileged steps.
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