CVE-2026-440207.5HighCWE-776

CVE-2026-44020: Docling: Unsafe XML Entity Expansion in USPTO Patent Backend

docling-project · docling

Vendor fix available · Affected: docling-project · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)

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0.6%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days

49th percentile

050100

Higher than 49% of scored CVEs

7.5HighCVSS 3.1

LowMediumHighCrit.

DescriptionCVE.org

Docling simplifies document processing by parsing diverse formats and providing integrations with the generative AI ecosystem. From 2.13.0 until 2.74.0, the USPTO patent XML parser used the standard xml.sax.parseString() without protection against XML External Entity (XXE) attacks. An attacker could craft malicious USPTO patent XML files with external entity references that could read arbitrary files from the server filesystem, perform Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) attacks, or cause denial of service through entity expansion (Billion Laughs attack). The vulnerability affects three USPTO patent format parsers: ICE (v4.x), Grant v2.5, and Application v1.x. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.74.0.

Affected products1

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docling-project · docling>= 2.13.0, < 2.74.0

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Exploitation: Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
CISA KEV: Not listed
Public check: No public nuclei template
Weakness: Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs · Denial of Service
Vendor: docling-project
Published: June 2026
Band: Unlikely (under 1%), June 2026

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