Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-118035 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-118035 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-118035?
- High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.5, published 28 October 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Progress Telerik Document Processing Libraries prior to 2026.3.1027.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-118035?
- Yes: fixed in 2026.3.1027. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
- How is CVE-2026-118035 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a software library.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-118035?
- Check whether you run Progress Telerik Document Processing Libraries at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
How to fix
- Fixed in: 2026.3.1027
Technical details
RadWordsProcessing contains uncontrolled recursion, inefficient algorithmic complexity, and infinite loop vulnerabilities (CWE-674, CWE-407, CWE-835) in document import handlers for DOCX, DOC, RTF, and HTML formats. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can craft a malicious document that triggers resource exhaustion, terminating or hanging the host process. The vulnerability requires only document upload capability and no user interaction beyond processing the file.
Affected products
- Progress Telerik Document Processing Libraries prior to 2026.3.1027
Timeline
- 2026-10-28: disclosed