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title: "CVE-2026-118035: In Progress Telerik Document Processing Libraries - Denial of Service"
description: "In Progress Telerik Document Processing Libraries < 2026.3.1027 contain denial of service vulnerabilities caused by uncontrolled recursion, inefficient algorithmic complexity, and infinite loops in RadWordsProcessing, letting unauthenticated attackers hang or terminate the host process via crafted documents."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-118035/
---

# CVE-2026-118035 In Progress Telerik Document Processing Libraries - Denial of Service

In Progress Telerik Document Processing Libraries < 2026.3.1027 contain denial of service vulnerabilities caused by uncontrolled recursion, inefficient algorithmic complexity, and infinite loops in RadWordsProcessing, letting unauthenticated attackers hang or terminate the host process via crafted documents.

CVSS base score 7.5 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Not required

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-118035)

## Details

Type

Denial of Service

Impact

Denial Of Service

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Published

28 October 2026

Updated

29 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-407](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/407.html)

## Vendor fix

Upgrade to version 2026.3.1027 or later.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-118035](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-118035)
- [https://docs.telerik.com/devtools/document-processing/knowledge-base/kb-security-uncontrolled-resource-consumption-wordsprocessing-cve-2026-118035](https://docs.telerik.com/devtools/document-processing/knowledge-base/kb-security-uncontrolled-resource-consumption-wordsprocessing-cve-2026-118035)

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