CVE-2026-42080

Deferred Deferred - Pending Action

Arbitrary File Write in PPTAgent via save_generated_slides

Publication date: 2026-05-04

Last updated on: 2026-05-04

Assigner: GitHub, Inc.

Description

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.

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Meta Information

Published

2026-05-04

Last Modified

2026-05-04

Generated

2026-07-06

AI Q&A

2026-05-05

EPSS Evaluated

2026-07-05

NVD

CVE-2026-42080

EUVD

EUVD-2026-27017

Affected Vendors & Products

Currently, no data is known.

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Exploitability

CWE

KEV

CWE ID	Description
CWE-22	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.

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Executive Summary

This vulnerability exists in PPTAgent, a framework for generating PowerPoint presentations. Before a specific patch (commit 418491a), there was an arbitrary file write vulnerability in the function save_generated_slides. This means an attacker could potentially write files to arbitrary locations on the system.

Impact Analysis

The vulnerability allows an attacker with some privileges to write files arbitrarily on the system, which can lead to limited integrity and availability impacts. According to the CVSS score, the impact on confidentiality is none, but integrity and availability impacts are low.

Mitigation Strategies

The vulnerability has been patched via commit 418491a. Immediate mitigation steps include updating PPTAgent to the version that includes this patch.

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