# CVE-2026-65688: Bold Reports Standalone Report Designer < 14.1.12 Arbitrary File Read via Font Processing

> Unauthenticated attackers can read arbitrary server files via path traversal in font processing, potentially stealing credentials and gaining full access.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 23 Jul 2026
- **Updated:** 14 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mx5r-8grf-ph62

## What is CVE-2026-65688?

CVE-2026-65688 is a critical path traversal vulnerability in Bold Reports (By SyncFusion) Standalone Report Designer, published on 23 Jul 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Bold Reports Standalone Report Designer before 14.1.12 contains a missing filepath validation vulnerability in its font processing feature that allows unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files from the server filesystem by supplying a crafted request. Attackers can exploit this path traversal weakness to disclose sensitive server files, including authentication credentials, enabling full unauthorized access to the application. The vulnerability is specific to the DataHub module, which was introduced in Bold Reports 6.3. Therefore, versions prior to 6.3 are not affected.

Weakness: CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-65688?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Syncfusion Standalone Report Designer.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-65688?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-65688 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-65688 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-65688 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Bold Reports (By SyncFusion) Standalone Report Designer

- [CVE-2026-65687](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-65687/): Bold Reports Standalone Report Designer < 14.1.12 Arbitrary File Read via SVG Processing (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2026-65689](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-65689/): Bold Reports Standalone Report Designer < 14.1.12 Arbitrary File Read via Database Download (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2026-65690](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-65690/): Bold Reports Standalone Report Designer < 14.1.12 Path Traversal RCE via File Upload (high 8.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-65688 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-65688 is a critical path traversal vulnerability in Bold Reports (By SyncFusion) Standalone Report Designer, published on 23 Jul 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-65688 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Bold Reports (By SyncFusion) Standalone Report Designer. 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-2026-65688/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-65688/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-65688
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-65688
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-65688

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-65688/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.