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.

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Wed, 13 May 2026 00:15:00 +0000

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Title XML Entity Expansion Vulnerability in Docling JATS Backend Causes Denial of Service

Tue, 12 May 2026 22:30:00 +0000

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Title XML Entity Expansion in Docling JATS XML Backend Causes Denial of Service
Weaknesses CWE-606
CWE-749

Tue, 12 May 2026 19:15:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-400
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 12 May 2026 10:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Docling-project
Docling-project docling
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Docling-project docling

Mon, 11 May 2026 17:00:00 +0000

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Title XML Entity Expansion in Docling JATS XML Backend Causes Denial of Service
Weaknesses CWE-606
CWE-749

Mon, 11 May 2026 15:30:00 +0000

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Description 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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-12T18:42:55.864Z

Reserved: 2026-03-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2026-31247

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-12T18:42:50.900Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-05-11T16:17:29.743

Modified: 2026-05-13T15:47:35.667

Link: CVE-2026-31247

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-05-13T00:00:17Z

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