# CVE-2026-106140: Progress Telerik Reporting code execution in report designers via deserialization

Affects the .NET Framework Standalone Report Designer and Visual Studio Report Designer of Telerik Reporting before 20.3.26.1110. The .NET 8+ report designer is not affected. Fixed in 20.3.26.1110.

- Severity: CVSS 7.3 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Exposure: Specific setups only
- Attention: Reference. No open trigger. (last checked 2026-11-12)
- Fixed in: 20.3.26.1110
- Published: 2026-11-12 · Updated: 2026-11-12

CVE-2026-106140 is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. No public exploit code is tracked. It is rated CVSS 7.3 (high) and affects Telerik Reporting; fixed in 20.3.26.1110.

## Summary

Progress Software's Telerik Reporting report designers contain a deserialization flaw in the .NET Framework versions that lets an attacker run arbitrary code in the designer process. An attacker must already have a local account with low privileges, and the attack works only when a user performs certain editing operations.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Who should check

Teams running Telerik Reporting .NET Framework report designers (Standalone or Visual Studio) before 20.3.26.1110; .NET 8+ designers are not affected.

Source: https://www.telerik.com/products/reporting/documentation/knowledge-base/kb-security-deserialization-of-untrusted-data-cve-2026-106140 ("Progress® Telerik® Reporting .NET Framework report designers (Standalone Report Designer and Visual Studio Report Designer), versions >= 0 and < 20.3.26.1110")

## Affected

- Progress Software Telerik Reporting: fixed in 20.3.26.1110

## Description

In Progress® Telerik® Reporting prior to version 20.3.26.1110, a deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability in the .NET Framework report designers allows a local attacker with low privileges to execute arbitrary code in the context of the designer process when the user performs certain editing operations.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Progress Software Telerik Reporting, upgrade to a fixed version (20.3.26.1110) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, run the stack.check operation (execute) on the cve.now MCP server (https://mcp.cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Check your systems with an agent

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Check whether my systems are affected by CVE-2026-106140 (Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Telerik Reporting Report Designers), using the cve.now data below.

Rules: work read-only. Do not run exploit code, proof-of-concept scripts or scanners that send attack payloads, and do not change any configuration, package, image or deployment. Report findings only.

What cve.now has for CVE-2026-106140 (entry last updated 2026-11-12):
Affected:
- Progress Software Telerik Reporting: fixed in 20.3.26.1110
Fixed versions: 20.3.26.1110.
Conditions (all must be true for the bug to be hit):
- Affects the .NET Framework report designers (Standalone Report Designer and Visual Studio Report Designer) before version 20.3.26.1110. (source: https://www.telerik.com/products/reporting/documentation/knowledge-base/kb-security-deserialization-of-untrusted-data-cve-2026-106140)
- The .NET 8+ report designer is not affected. (source: https://www.telerik.com/products/reporting/documentation/knowledge-base/kb-security-deserialization-of-untrusted-data-cve-2026-106140)
Setup: unknown whether the bug needs a non-default feature or setting. Check the advisory.
Attacker needs: local access, low-privilege login, a user action.
CISA KEV: CVE-2026-106140 is not listed as of cve.now's last read.
This KEV status is for CVE-2026-106140 only. If you also check another CVE, look up its own KEV status; never assume it from this one.

How to check:
- Installed software: check what is actually running, not what a repo declares. Read the version from each host, container image and Kubernetes node (the binary's version output, the OS package database, image layers), and check whether the conditions above hold there. Distribution packages may carry a backported fix under an older version number; confirm against the distribution's own advisory.

Verify against the linked advisories before concluding, and cite the date you read each one:
- https://www.telerik.com/products/reporting/documentation/knowledge-base/kb-security-deserialization-of-untrusted-data-cve-2026-106140
Do not conclude an asset is unaffected unless you checked it and the evidence covers both its version and the conditions above. If you could not check something, mark it unknown and say what is missing.

Report a table with one row per asset and these columns: Asset | Version or build | Status (affected, fixed, not applicable, unknown) | Compensating controls | Exposure (internet-facing, internal, none) | Evidence | Next action.

Entry: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-106140
For follow-up questions, use the cve.now MCP server at https://mcp.cve.now/mcp (no authentication), for example execute with name cve.get and arguments {"id": "CVE-2026-106140"}.
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## FAQ

### Is CVE-2026-106140 being exploited?

It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, and CISA's SSVC assessment does not mark exploitation as active. That does not mean it has not been attacked: vendors and researchers can report attacks before CISA lists them. No public exploit code is tracked.

Source: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-106140

### What does this mean?

The report designer deserializes untrusted data, which lets an attacker execute arbitrary code in the context of the designer process.

Source: https://www.telerik.com/products/reporting/documentation/knowledge-base/kb-security-deserialization-of-untrusted-data-cve-2026-106140

### Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-106140?

Telerik Reporting: before 20.3.26.1110.

Source: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-106140

### Am I affected, and how do I check?

The .NET Framework report designers (Standalone Report Designer and Visual Studio Report Designer) in Telerik Reporting versions before 20.3.26.1110 are affected. The .NET 8+ report designer is not affected. To check, identify the Telerik Reporting version and the designer type in use.

Source: https://www.telerik.com/products/reporting/documentation/knowledge-base/kb-security-deserialization-of-untrusted-data-cve-2026-106140

### How do I fix CVE-2026-106140?

Update the .NET Framework report designers to version 20.3.26.1110 or later.

Source: https://www.telerik.com/products/reporting/documentation/knowledge-base/kb-security-deserialization-of-untrusted-data-cve-2026-106140

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## References

### Vendor advisory

Establishes: Affected and fixed versions.

- https://www.telerik.com/products/reporting/documentation/knowledge-base/kb-security-deserialization-of-untrusted-data-cve-2026-106140

### CVE record

Establishes: The identifier and description.

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-106140
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-106140

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