Vulnerability · Published Oct 28, 2026 · Assigned by ProgressSoftware

CVE-2026-118035Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Telerik Document Processing Libraries RadWordsProcessing

High 7.5

In plain English

A high-severity infinite loop in Telerik Document Processing Libraries from Progress Software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 22% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.5High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 78.2% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In Progress® Telerik® Document Processing Libraries prior to version 2026.3.1027, uncontrolled recursion, inefficient algorithmic complexity and infinite loop vulnerabilities in RadWordsProcessing allow an unauthenticated attacker to terminate or hang the host process via a crafted DOCX, DOC, RTF or HTML document.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Progress Software	Telerik Document Processing Libraries	0 – before 2026.3.1027

Weakness: CWE-674, CWE-407, CWE-835 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

https://docs.telerik.com/devtools/document-processing/knowledge-base/kb-security-uncontrolled-resource-consumption-wordsprocessing-cve-2026-118035 vendor-advisory