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PPTAgent: code execution and arbitrary file write flaws patched (CVE-2026-42078/79/80)

Three vulnerabilities were disclosed in PPTAgent, an agentic framework for reflective PowerPoint generation: arbitrary code execution via Python eval() of LLM-generated code with builtins in scope, and arbitrary file write/directory creation via markdown_table_to_image and save_generated_slides. All were patched in commit 418491a.

Disclosed 4 May 2026 · Record updated 13 September 2026

Impact

Attackers could achieve arbitrary code execution and write files or create directories on systems running unpatched PPTAgent versions.

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Sources

  1. nvd.nist.govhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-42078
  2. nvd.nist.govhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-42079
  3. nvd.nist.govhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-42080