CVE•Published 2026-10-28•Modified 2026-10-28•0 articles on news•4 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-118040
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
7.5
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS percentile
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Weaknesses (CWE)
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
Published 2026-10-28
Modified 2026-10-28
External references
Search for exposed instances
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More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-118040Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-118040Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-118040Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-118040GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-118040" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2026-118040 on GitHub.
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