No exploitation reported

CVE-2026-118040

No exploitation reported by the sources we read.

Published2026-10-28
WeaknessCWE-295 · CWE-347

Am I affected?

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Description

In Progress® Telerik® Document Processing Libraries prior to version 2026.3.1027, improper verification of cryptographic signatures and improper certificate validation in RadPdfProcessing digital signature validation allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause signature validation to report forged content as unmodified and its signing certificate as valid via a crafted signed PDF document.

Timeline

dates in UTC

2026-10-2813:17CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-28 09:37 UTC

Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days

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Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2026-118040?format=txt
CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2026-118040?format=csv
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Versions per branch

Neither OSV.dev nor the vendor advisories we read list affected versions for CVE-2026-118040 yet.

Full record on NVD

Fix

No fix published by the sources we read yet. NVD record

Detection

Nuclei template: none so far
Exploit-DB: no entry
Proof-of-concept repositories: none listed

Sources

CNACVSS 3.17.5read 2026-10-28
NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-295, CWE-347read 2026-10-28

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Published: 2026-10-28
Last Modified: 2026-10-28
NVD status: Received

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-118040?

Is CVE-2026-118040 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2026-118040 has not been confirmed.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2026-118040?

CVE-2026-118040 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

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