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CVE-2026-42079: PPTAgent: Arbitrary Code Execution via Python eval() of LLM-Generated Code with Builtins in Scope

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.6 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-05-04 · updated 2026-10-26
• Weakness: CWE-95

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.

Affected products

• icip-cas PPTAgent: before 418491a9a1c02d9d93194b5973bb58df35cf9d00

References

• https://github.com/icip-cas/PPTAgent/commit/418491a9a1c02d9d93194b5973bb58df35cf9d00
• https://github.com/icip-cas/PPTAgent/security/advisories/GHSA-89g2-xw5c-v95p
• https://github.com/icip-cas/PPTAgent/security/advisories/GHSA-89g2-xw5c-v95p

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