XML Entity Expansion Vulnerability in Docling JATS Backend Causes Denial of Service
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Github GHSA |
GHSA-cr42-rg2m-mq4q | Docling's JATS XML backend is vulnerable to XML Entity Expansion (XXE) attacks |
No CVSS v4.0
No CVSS v3.0
No CVSS v2
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.351% probability within 30 days)
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| Title | XML Entity Expansion Vulnerability in Docling JATS Backend Causes Denial of Service |
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| Title | XML Entity Expansion in Docling JATS XML Backend Causes Denial of Service | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-606 CWE-749 |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-400 | |
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cvssV3_1
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Docling-project
Docling-project docling |
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Docling-project
Docling-project docling |
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| Title | XML Entity Expansion in Docling JATS XML Backend Causes Denial of Service | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-606 CWE-749 |
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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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