CVE-2026-31248
Docling's METS GBS Backend XML Entity Expansion Denial of Service
Description
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.
INFO
Published Date :
May 11, 2026, 5:16 p.m.
Last Modified :
May 11, 2026, 5:16 p.m.
Remotely Exploit :
No
Source :
[email protected]
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2026-31248
vulnerability.
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Solution
- Update Docling's METS GBS backend to a secure version.
- Configure the XML parser to disable external entity resolution.
- Validate and sanitize all incoming XML files.
- Limit resource allocation for XML parsing processes.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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CVE-2026-31248.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/docling-project/docling | |
| https://www.notion.so/CVE-2026-31248-35d1e1393188818585b2ce3b9ce24686 |
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New CVE Received by [email protected]
May. 11, 2026
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description 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. Added Reference https://github.com/docling-project/docling Added Reference https://www.notion.so/CVE-2026-31248-35d1e1393188818585b2ce3b9ce24686