PPTAgent: Arbitrary File Write via `save_generated_slides`
Priority LOW 21CWE-22Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · Low
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.
Summary
PPTAgent is an agentic framework for reflective PowerPoint generation. Prior to commit 418491a, there is an arbitrary file write vulnerability via `save_generated_slides`. This issue has been patched via commit 418491a.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00198 9th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed PPTAgent (icip-cas): 418491apptagent (PyPI): 1.1.36
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| icip-cas | PPTAgent | before 418491a | 418491a | Patch available | CNA |
| — | pptagent (PyPI) | before 1.1.36 | 1.1.36 | Patch available | GHSA-pxhg-7xr2-w7xg |
- PPTAgent Vendoricip-cas Affected before 418491a Fixed in 418491a Patch available CNA
- pptagent (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 1.1.36 Fixed in 1.1.36 Patch available GHSA-pxhg-7xr2-w7xg
Remediation
- Fix · CNA PPTAgent (icip-cas) Fixed in 418491a
- Fix · GHSA-pxhg-7xr2-w7xg pptagent (PyPI) Fixed in 1.1.36 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-42080
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-pxhg-7xr2-w7xg
References
More icip-cas vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-30447 PPTAgent: Arbitrary Code Execution via Python eval() of LLM-Generated Code with Builtins in Scope CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
- TI-2026-30446 PPTAgent: Arbitrary File Write + Directory Creation via markdown_table_to_image CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.6
Sources
- CVE-2026-42080 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-42080 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-pxhg-7xr2-w7xg · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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