# CVE-2024-11629: Telerik Document Processing RTF Export of Arbitrary File Path

> An attacker can read arbitrary files from the server by exploiting a path traversal vulnerability in the RTF export feature of the Telerik Document Processing library.

- **Severity:** High 7.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 12 Feb 2025
- **Updated:** 12 Feb 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-67qr-87v5-r3g3

## What is CVE-2024-11629?

CVE-2024-11629 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Progress® Telerik® Document Processing Libraries, published on 12 Feb 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In Progress® Telerik® Document Processing Libraries, versions prior to 2025 Q1 (2025.1.205), using .NET Standard 2.0, the contents of a file at an arbitrary path can be exported to RTF.

Weakness: CWE-552 (Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-11629?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Progress Telerik Document Processing Libraries.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-11629?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-11629 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-11629 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-11629 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Progress® Telerik® Document Processing Libraries

- [CVE-2024-11343](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11343/): Telerik Document Processing Path Traversal (high 8.3)
- [CVE-2024-8049](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8049/): Telerik Document Processing Improper Handling of Memory Resources (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-11629 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-11629 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Progress® Telerik® Document Processing Libraries, published on 12 Feb 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-11629 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Progress® Telerik® Document Processing Libraries. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11629/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11629/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-11629
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-11629
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-11629

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11629/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.