CVE-2026-31248

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.
Configurations

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History

12 May 2026, 19:16

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CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 7.5
CWE CWE-776

11 May 2026, 17:16

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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')