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CVE-2026-118037 (GCVE-0-2026-118037)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-28 12:34 – Updated: 2026-10-28 12:34

Title

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Telerik Document Processing Libraries RadSpreadProcessing and RadSpreadStreamProcessing

Summary

In Progress® Telerik® Document Processing Libraries prior to version 2026.3.1027, uncontrolled recursion, infinite loop, unchecked loop condition and inefficient regular expression vulnerabilities in RadSpreadProcessing and RadSpreadStreamProcessing allow an unauthenticated attacker to terminate or hang the host process via a crafted XLSX or XLS workbook or formula.

Severity

7.5 (High)


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

CWE

CWE-674 - Uncontrolled Recursion
CWE-835 - Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
CWE-606 - Unchecked Input for Loop Condition
CWE-1333 - Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity

Assigner

ProgressSoftware CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard B 78/100 over 145 records in the last 180 days details

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://docs.telerik.com/devtools/document-proces…	vendor-advisory

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE status
Progress Software	Telerik Document Processing Libraries	Affected: 0 , < 2026.3.1027 (custom)	guessed

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GHSA-QC7Q-37Q2-HH52

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-10-28 15:31 – Updated: 2026-10-28 15:31

Details

Severity

7.5 (High)


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

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