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CVE-2026-42079
Published:May 04, 2026
Updated:May 16, 2026
PPTAgent is an agentic framework for reflective PowerPoint generation. Prior to commit 418491a, PPTAgent is vulnerable to arbitrary code execution via Python eval() of LLM-generated code with builtins in scope. This issue has been patched via commit 418491a.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/icip-cas/PPTAgent.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v0.0.1 <v1.1.36
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v1.1.36
pptagent (PYTHON):
Affected version(s) >=0.2.0 <1.1.36
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 1.1.36
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
9.3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
PASSIVE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
HIGH
Subsequent System Integrity
HIGH
Subsequent System Availability
HIGH
CVSS v3
Base Score:
8.6
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Improper Neutralization of Directives in Dynamically Evaluated Code ('Eval Injection')
EPSS
Base Score:
0.03