Docling simplifies document processing by parsing diverse formats and providing integrations with the generative AI ecosystem. From 2.73.0 until 2.91.0, he LaTeX backend's handling of \includegraphics, \input, and \include commands lacked path containment validation. Attackers could craft malicious LaTeX documents with path traversal sequences to read arbitrary files from the file system accessible to the process, include sensitive files in the converted document output, or potentially access configuration files, credentials, or other sensitive data This vulnerability is fixed in 2.91.0.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 1
- https://github.com/docling-project/docling/security/advisories/GHSA-2j5p-7p5m-cvqr Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 5.5 · doclingNVD modified 2026-10-25 22:10
Affected (CPE criteria) 1
cpe:2.3:a:docling:docling:*:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
References 2
- https://github.com/docling-project/docling/releases/tag/v2.91.0 Product, Release Notes
- https://github.com/docling-project/docling/security/advisories/GHSA-2j5p-7p5m-cvqr Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory