CVE-2026-42079
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CVE-2026-42079 is a high-severity vulnerability rated 8.6/10 on the CVSS scale. 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. EPSS estimates a 0.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
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.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness Enumeration
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Timeline
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- Status
- Deferred
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