CVE-2026-42078 PUBLISHED

PPTAgent: Arbitrary File Write + Directory Creation via markdown_table_to_image

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 23.04.2026 Published: 04.05.2026 Updated: 04.05.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
CVSS Score: 4.6

Attack Vector	Network	Scope	Unchanged
Attack Complexity	Low	Confidentiality Impact	None
Privileges Required	Low	Integrity Impact	Low
User Interaction	Required	Availability Impact	Low

CVSS 3.1

Product Status

Vendor	icip-cas
Product	PPTAgent
Versions	Version < 418491a9a1c02d9d93194b5973bb58df35cf9d00 is affected

References

https://github.com/icip-cas/PPTAgent/security/advisories/GHSA-hrcw-xc63-g29m
https://github.com/icip-cas/PPTAgent/commit/418491a9a1c02d9d93194b5973bb58df35cf9d00

Problem Types

CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') CWE