CVE-2026-44018 (GCVE-0-2026-44018)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-26 15:40 – Updated: 2026-06-26 19:13
VLAI
Title
Docling: Unsafe Archive Extraction and XML Parsing in METS-GBS Backend
Summary
Docling simplifies document processing by parsing diverse formats and providing integrations with the generative AI ecosystem. From 2.45.0 until 2.91.0, the METS-GBS backend's XML parsing and the input document format detection lacked security controls. An attacker could craft malicious METS-GBS archives that, when processed, could read sensitive files, exhaust system resources, or cause application crashes. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.91.0.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-06-26 19:10 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-409 - Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification)
  • CWE-611 - Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
  • CWE-776 - Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs ('XML Entity Expansion')
Assigner
GitHub_M CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 72/100 over 7851 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
docling-project docling Affected: >= 2.45.0, < 2.91.0
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