CVE-2026-42078

Published: May 4, 2026Modified: Jun 17, 2026Deferred

4.6

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Exploitability: 2.1 / Impact: 2.5

Source: security-advisories@github.com (Secondary)

Description

PPTAgent is an agentic framework for reflective PowerPoint generation. Prior to commit 418491a, PPTAgent is vulnerable to arbitrary file write and directory creation via markdown_table_to_image. This issue has been patched via commit 418491a.

Related CWEs

CWE-22

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.

References (2)

https://github.com/icip-cas/PPTAgent/commit/418491a9a1c02d9d93194b5973bb58df35cf9d00

Source: security-advisories@github.com

https://github.com/icip-cas/PPTAgent/security/advisories/GHSA-hrcw-xc63-g29m

Source: security-advisories@github.com

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