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IMAP Command Injection in PraisonAI Agents Email Tools

IdentifiersCVE-2026-57130CWE-74

CVE-2026-57130 is an IMAP command injection vulnerability in the email-capable tools of PraisonAI Agents. User- or LLM-controlled parameters are interpolated into IMAP SEARCH and related IMAP command contexts without proper sanitization or safe encoding, allowing crafted input to break out of the intended argument structure and inject arbitrary IMAP commands. Affected parameters include fields such as sender, subject, query, search identifiers, and message identifiers used by functions including email search, reply, and archive operations. The flaw stems from constructing IMAP commands with quoted user-controlled strings instead of safely escaping embedded characters or using IMAP literal syntax. Successful exploitation can let an attacker manipulate the IMAP session and perform unintended mailbox operations beyond the original tool action.

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Impact

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An attacker who can influence arguments passed to the vulnerable email tools can execute unintended IMAP operations within the context of the configured mailbox account. Reported impacts include terminating IMAP sessions, enumerating folders, switching mailboxes, reading and exfiltrating emails from unintended folders, modifying or moving messages, and permanently deleting emails. The practical impact is unauthorized access to email content and integrity loss of mailbox data, with potential destructive actions against stored messages.

Mitigation

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Until a fixed version is deployed, disable or tightly restrict the email-capable agent tools, particularly search, reply, and archive functionality, in environments where untrusted prompts or external input can influence tool arguments. Avoid configuring IMAP credentials for agents exposed to untrusted prompt sources. Apply strict sanitization and escaping to all user- or LLM-controlled IMAP parameters and prefer IMAP literal syntax over quoted strings for command construction.

Remediation

Patch, then assume compromise.

Upgrade the praisonaiagents package to version 1.6.59 or later. Code handling IMAP parameters should be revised so that all user-controlled values are safely encoded before inclusion in IMAP commands. Specifically, embedded double quotes should be escaped and IMAP literal syntax should be used for all attacker-influenced parameters, including sender, subject, query, search identifiers, and message identifiers, rather than interpolating them directly into quoted command strings.

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