doclingGHSA-cr42-rg2m-mq4q
Docling's JATS XML backend is vulnerable to XML Entity Expansion (XXE) attacks
No fix yet
Docling's JATS XML backend is vulnerable to XML Entity Expansion (XXE) attacks thru 2.61.0. The backend uses etree.parse() to parse XML files without disabling entity resolution. An attacker can craft a malicious XML file containing a nested entity expansion payload (XML Bomb). When processed by Docling, the exponential expansion of entities leads to excessive resource consumption, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition on the system running the Docling parser.
Affected versions
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| docling PyPI | <= 2.61.0 | No fix yet |
Details and references
- CVSS 3.1
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Severity from
- GitHub (reviewed advisory)
- Weakness
- CWE-400
- Also known as
- CVE-2026-31247, PYSEC-2026-2455