XML External Entity Injection Affecting docling package, versions [2.45.0,2.91.0)
Threat Intelligence
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- published4 Jun 2026
- disclosed3 Jun 2026
- creditMartin Brodeur
Introduced: 3 Jun 2026
CVE-2026-44018 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade docling to version 2.91.0 or higher.
Overview
docling is a SDK and CLI for parsing PDF, DOCX, HTML, and more, to a unified document representation for powering downstream workflows such as gen AI applications.
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to XML External Entity Injection in the METS-GBS backend's XML parsing and archive extraction processes. An attacker can exhaust system resources or read local files by submitting malicious METS-GBS archives that trigger excessive decompression.