# CVE-2026-118976: Progress Telerik UI for Blazor remote file read via path traversal in chat AI demo

- Also known as: EUVD-2026-125354
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Attention: Reference. No open trigger. (last checked 2026-11-13)
- Fixed in: 14.1.0
- Published: 2026-11-13 · Updated: 2026-11-13

CVE-2026-118976 is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. No public exploit code is tracked. It is rated CVSS 7.5 (high) and affects Telerik UI for Blazor; fixed in 14.1.0.

## Summary

Telerik UI for Blazor, a product from Progress Software, is affected by a path traversal flaw in the demo app's Chat AI Integration example. An attacker can reach it remotely, without logging in, and use it to read files outside the chat attachments folder that sit within the server's filesystem scope.

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

## Affected

- Progress Software Telerik UI for Blazor: from 11.1.0, fixed in 14.1.0

## Description

In Progress® Telerik® UI for Blazor versions v11.1.0 through v14.0.0, the demo application's Chat AI Integration example contains a relative path traversal vulnerability that could allow an attacker to read files outside of the chat attachments folder that are within the server's filesystem scope.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Progress Software Telerik UI for Blazor, upgrade to a fixed version (14.1.0) 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-2026-118976 (Path Traversal in Telerik UI for Blazor Demo's Chat AI Integration Example), using the cve.now data below.

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What cve.now has for CVE-2026-118976 (entry last updated 2026-11-13):
Affected:
- Progress Software Telerik UI for Blazor: from 11.1.0, fixed in 14.1.0
Fixed versions: 14.1.0.
Setup: unknown whether the bug needs a non-default feature or setting. Check the advisory.
CISA KEV: CVE-2026-118976 is not listed as of cve.now's last read.
This KEV status is for CVE-2026-118976 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/blazor-ui/documentation/knowledge-base/kb-security-demo-path-traversal-cve-2026-118976
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-2026-118976
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-2026-118976"}.
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## FAQ

### Is CVE-2026-118976 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-2026-118976

### Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-118976?

Telerik UI for Blazor: from 11.1.0 before 14.1.0.

Source: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-118976

### How do I fix CVE-2026-118976?

Upgrade to a fixed version: 14.1.0.

Source: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-118976

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## References

### Vendor advisory

Establishes: Affected and fixed versions.

- https://www.telerik.com/blazor-ui/documentation/knowledge-base/kb-security-demo-path-traversal-cve-2026-118976

### CVE record

Establishes: The identifier and description.

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-118976
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-118976

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