# CVE-2025-71427: Office-PowerPoint-MCP-Server through 2.0.7 Path Traversal via save_presentation and manage_image

> Attackers can read or overwrite arbitrary server files via path traversal in PowerPoint MCP server tools, potentially compromising the host system.

- **Severity:** High 7.6 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 1 Oct 2026
- **Updated:** 2 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-xpvr-6r3p-gm34

## What is CVE-2025-71427?

CVE-2025-71427 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in GongRzhe Office-PowerPoint-MCP-Server, published on 1 Oct 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-71427?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-71427?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-71427 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-71427 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-71427 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-71427 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-71427 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in GongRzhe Office-PowerPoint-MCP-Server, published on 1 Oct 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-71427 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: GongRzhe Office-PowerPoint-MCP-Server. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-71427/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-71427/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-71427
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-71427
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-71427

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-71427/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.