CVE-2026-42079: icip-cas PPTAgent · Eval Injection
Affects icip-cas PPTAgentSource CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.6 High.
Data as of 1 Nov 2026, 22:58 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 3% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 4 May 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 1 Nov 2026.
What to do
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| icip-casPPTAgent | Affected
| Fixed in– |
AI-suggested
A patch fixing this vulnerability is available in commit 418491a of the PPTAgent codebase. Users should update to this commit or later to remediate the issue. Since this is not a cloud service, remediation depends on applying this update. No additional mitigation guidance is provided by the vendor advisory. Patch status is not explicitly stated beyond the commit reference; verify the update from the official repository.
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.