CVE-2025-71427
MEDIUMCVSS 6.8Description
Office-PowerPoint-MCP-Server through 2.0.7 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows MCP callers to write and read files outside the working directory by supplying absolute paths or ../ sequences. Attackers can steer an AI agent via prompt injection to abuse save_presentation, open_presentation, or manage_image output_path to overwrite any server-writable file or load external files.
Timeline
Published:October 1st, 2026 11:16 PM
Last modified:October 14th, 2026 1:10 PM
CVSS Scoring
CVSS v3: 6.8 (MEDIUM)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Weaknesses (CWE)
References & Reports
Advisories, patches, and third-party reports
- https://github.com/GongRzhe/Office-PowerPoint-MCP-Server
- https://github.com/GongRzhe/Office-PowerPoint-MCP-Server/blob/3631ba2ec0c24504476f78bf74d329c9be11caaa/tools/presentation_tools.py#L127-L141
- https://github.com/GongRzhe/Office-PowerPoint-MCP-Server/blob/3631ba2ec0c24504476f78bf74d329c9be11caaa/utils/presentation_utils.py#L61-L73
- https://github.com/GongRzhe/Office-PowerPoint-MCP-Server/pull/33
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/office-powerpoint-mcp-server-through-2.0.7-path-traversal-via-save-presentation-and-manage-image
Source: NIST NVD · Data may lag official sources by up to one minute