Docling's METS GBS backend is vulnerable to XML Entity Expansion (XXE) attacks thru 2.61.0. The backend extracts and validates XML files from .tar.gz archives using etree.fromstring() without disabling entity resolution. An attacker can craft a malicious XML file with nested entity definitions (XML Bomb) and package it into a .tar.gz archive. When processed by Docling, the exponential expansion of entities during XML parsing leads to excessive resource consumption, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition on the system running the Docling parser.
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Configurations
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History
12 May 2026, 19:16
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| CVSS |
v2 : v3 : |
v2 : unknown
v3 : 7.5 |
| CWE | CWE-776 |
11 May 2026, 17:16
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| New CVE |
Information
Published : 2026-05-11 17:16
Updated : 2026-06-17 10:33
NVD link : CVE-2026-31248
Mitre link : CVE-2026-31248
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-31248
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Products Affected
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CWE
CWE-776
Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs ('XML Entity Expansion')
