VulnerabilityPublished 26 Jun 2026

CVE-2026-47214: docling · External Control of File Name or Path

Affects doclingSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.1 High : upgrade to 2.94.0 soon.

Data as of 8 Nov 2026, 23:24 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score

7.1High

How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 31% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch: Available – fixed in 2.94.0

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L

Attack Vector: Network
Attack Complexity: Low
Privileges Required: None
User Interaction: Required
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: High
Integrity: None
Availability: Low

Bold values are the worst case: easiest to exploit or largest impact.

Attack Vector: Network: The vulnerable component is bound to the network stack and the set of possible attackers extends beyond the other options listed, up to and including the entire Internet. Such a vulnerability is often termed 'remotely exploitable' and can be thought of as an attack being exploitable at the protocol level one or more network hops away (e.g., across one or more routers).
Attack Complexity: Low: Specialized access conditions or extenuating circumstances do not exist. An attacker can expect repeatable success against the vulnerable component.
Privileges Required: None: The attacker is unauthorized prior to attack, and therefore does not require any access to settings or files to carry out an attack.
User Interaction: Required: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires a user to take some action before the vulnerability can be exploited.
Scope: Unchanged: An exploited vulnerability can only affect resources managed by the same security authority. In this case, the vulnerable component and the impacted component are either the same, or both are managed by the same security authority.
Confidentiality: High: There is total loss of confidentiality, resulting in all resources within the impacted component being divulged to the attacker. Alternatively, access to only some restricted information is obtained, but the disclosed information presents a direct, serious impact.
Integrity: None: There is no loss of integrity within the impacted component.
Availability: Low: Performance is reduced or there are interruptions in resource availability. Even if repeated exploitation of the vulnerability is possible, the attacker does not have the ability to completely deny service to legitimate users. The resources in the impacted component are either partially available all of the time, or fully available only some of the time, but overall there is no direct, serious consequence to the impacted component.

Definitions: FIRST CVSS v3.1 specification.

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 26 Jun 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 8 Nov 2026.

Disclosed: The CVE record is public on cve.org. Its publication is t = 0.
Detectable: A public nuclei template can find exposed instances, for defenders and attackers alike.
Weaponized: A Metasploit exploit module or Exploit-DB entry exists (Metasploit scanner modules do not count), or CISA SSVC or the CVSS exploit maturity reports a public proof of concept.
Exploited in the wild: CISA KEV lists it, CISA SSVC rates exploitation active, or a source reports attacks.
Observed by OffSeq Mirage: OffSeq Mirage honeypot sensors recorded attack traffic for this CVE, or found exposed hosts without attack traffic.

Moments are spaced evenly, not to scale; a dashed line marks a gap of six months or more. Deltas count from t = 0. Sources that give only a date (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, or a time of exactly 00:00Z) read “same day” rather than hours. Metasploit modules carry the flaw’s disclosure date, not their release date, and nuclei templates carry no date, so both appear above but not on the timeline.

What to do

Upgrade docling and docling-project/docling to 2.94.0.

Affected software

Product	Affected	Fixed in
docling-projectdocling	Affected <2.94.0	Fixed in 2.94.0
GitHubdocling-project/docling`pkg:github/docling-project/docling`Other threats	Affected <2.94.0	Fixed in 2.94.0

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AI-suggested

A fix is available in docling version 2.94.0. Users should upgrade to version 2.94.0 or later to remediate this vulnerability. No other mitigation or temporary workaround is indicated.

Description

### Impact The HTML backend did not perform sufficient validation during resource handling: - Accepted `file://` URIs enabling local file system access when `enable_local_fetch=True` - Path resolution allowed traversal outside intended directories via `../` sequences and absolute paths - Did not block internal network resources under `enable_remote_fetch=True` - HTTP redirects were not validated, potentially redirecting to unintended schemes - No resource limits for remote image downloads and `data:` URIs ### Patches Fixed in versions 2.91.0 (initial fixes) and 2.94.0 (additional improvements). The fixes implement: - Updated local path treatment: absolute files always blocked, relative paths require `enable_local_fetch=True` (default: False) and containment within configured `base_path` for path traversal protection - `file://` scheme stripped & treated as local path (above) - IP address validation to prevent SSRF - HTTP redirect validation, connection and read timeouts - Size limit for both remote images (with streaming download) and base64-decoded data URIs ### Workarounds Keep both `enable_local_fetch=False` and `enable_remote_fetch=False` (defaults) when processing untrusted HTML documents. ### References - Initial fixes: [v2.91.0](https://github.com/docling-project/docling/releases/tag/v2.91.0) - Additional improvements: [v2.94.0](https://github.com/docling-project/docling/releases/tag/v2.94.0)

Impact

The vulnerability allows an attacker to externally control file names or paths processed by docling's HTML backend, which can lead to a partial denial of service condition. Confidentiality and integrity impacts are limited, with no indication of data disclosure or modification. The CVSS score of 7.1 reflects a high severity with network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required, and high confidentiality impact but no integrity impact.

Summary

Docling versions before 2.94.0 have a vulnerability classified under CWE-73 (External Control of File Name or Path) due to unsafe handling of URIs and paths in the HTML backend. This flaw could allow an attacker to influence file or path names externally, potentially leading to partial denial of service (as indicated by CWE-400). The issue is resolved in version 2.94.0.

CWE-73External Control of File Name or Path (opens in a new tab)
Base weaknessLikelihood of exploit: HighOWASP Top 10 A06:2025: Insecure Design (opens in a new tab)
The product allows user input to control or influence paths or file names that are used in filesystem operations.
Architecture and Design
When the set of filenames is limited or known, create a mapping from a set of fixed input values (such as numeric IDs) to the actual filenames, and reject all other inputs. For example, ID 1 could map to "inbox.txt" and ID 2 could map to "profile.txt".
Architecture and Design · Operation
Run your code in a "jail" or similar sandbox environment that enforces strict boundaries between the process and the operating system. This may effectively restrict all access to files within a particular directory.
Architecture and Design
For any security checks that are performed on the client side, ensure that these checks are duplicated on the server side, in order to avoid CWE-602. Attackers can bypass the client-side checks by modifying values after the checks have been performed, or by changing the client to remove the client-side checks…
OWASP Cheat Sheets
XML Security (opens in a new tab)
Mass Assignment (opens in a new tab)
Secure Design Principles (opens in a new tab)
OWASP ASVS 4.0.3
V12.3.2 (opens in a new tab)
V13.3.1 (opens in a new tab)
V5.1.4 (opens in a new tab)
Attack patterns
Subverting Environment Variable Values (opens in a new tab)
Leverage Alternate Encoding (opens in a new tab)
Using Slashes and URL Encoding Combined to Bypass Validation Logic (opens in a new tab)
URL Encoding (opens in a new tab)
Manipulating Web Input to File System Calls (opens in a new tab)
From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).
CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (opens in a new tab)
Class weaknessLikelihood of exploit: High
The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource.
MITRE discourages mapping vulnerabilities to this broad entry; the root cause is usually a more specific weakness.
Architecture and Design
Design throttling mechanisms into the system architecture. The best protection is to limit the amount of resources that an unauthorized user can cause to be expended. A strong authentication and access control model will help prevent such attacks from occurring in the first place.
Architecture and Design
Mitigation of resource exhaustion attacks requires that the target system either: recognizes the attack and denies that user further access for a given amount of time, or; uniformly throttles all requests in order to make it more difficult to consume resources more quickly than they can again be freed.
Architecture and Design
Ensure that protocols have specific limits of scale placed on them.
OWASP Cheat Sheets
File Upload (opens in a new tab)
OWASP ASVS 4.0.3
V12.1.1 (opens in a new tab)
Attack patterns
XML Ping of the Death (opens in a new tab)
Regular Expression Exponential Blowup (opens in a new tab)
Sustained Client Engagement (opens in a new tab)
From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).

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AI analysisMachine-generated, updated 26 Jun 2026, 16:21 UTC

WeaknessesCWE-73, CWE-400

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