PT-2026-36856 · Pptagent · Pptagent

Koukyosyumei · CVE-2026-42078 · Published 2026-05-04 · Updated 2026-07-13

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.6

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions PPTAgent versions prior to commit 418491a

Description An agentic framework for reflective PowerPoint generation allows arbitrary file write and directory creation through the markdown table to image function.

Recommendations Update to commit 418491a or a newer version. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the markdown table to image function until the update is applied.

Exploit

Fix

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-42078

GHSA-HRCW-XC63-G29M

PYSEC-2026-2893

Affected Products

Pptagent

References · 13

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/42xxx/CVE-2026-42078.json · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2026-2893 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-42078 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-42078 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-hrcw-xc63-g29m · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/icip-cas/PPTAgent · Note
• https://github.com/icip-cas/PPTAgent/commit/418491a9a1c02d9d93194b5973bb58df35cf9d00 · Note
• https://github.com/icip-cas/PPTAgent/security/advisories/GHSA-hrcw-xc63-g29m · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/2051361272428376415 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/CVEtracker/52634 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/2051439493245272271 · Twitter Post
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hrcw-xc63-g29m · Note
• https://pypi.org/project/pptagent · Note