High severity · published Oct 28, 2026
CVE-2026-118038
Path Traversal in Telerik Document Processing Libraries AI Agent Tools
New
7.1
CVSS
–
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In Progress® Telerik® Document Processing Libraries prior to version 2026.3.1027, a path traversal vulnerability in the Convert and Merge AI agent tools allows an authenticated attacker with low privileges who can supply tool arguments to read files outside the configured output directory, and to overwrite such files where they are writable, via relative file paths that resolve against the process current working directory.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
TD
Telerik Document Processing Libraries · Progress Software
2026.1.210 before 2026.3.1027 · source: vendor
Affected product
TD
Telerik Document Processing Libraries
Progress Software
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-118038
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-118038
vendor-advisory
https://docs.telerik.com/devtools/document-processing/knowledge-base/kb-security-path-traversal-cve-2026-118038
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