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CVE-2026-44019 — docling-core

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CVE-2026-44019 is a high-severity (CVSS 8.1) CWE-73 vulnerability in docling-core. A fix is available for docling-core — see the affected versions and patch details below.

Docling Core has insufficient validation of image reference URIs

Also known asGHSA-j5xp-7m2f-49jvPYSEC-2026-2456
Published
Updated
Affected
1 pkg
Patched
1 / 1
Exploits
None indexed
Exploitation data as of Oct 16, 2026 · OSV.dev, NVD, FIRST.org (EPSS)

Exploitation Status

No confirmed exploitation observed yet

  • CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.

Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for CVE-2026-44019.

EPSS Exploitation Probability

via FIRST.org ↗
0.4%probability of exploitation in next 30 days
Lower Risk0.00%
Lower risk than most CVEs35th percentile — riskier than 35% of all scored CVEsHighest risk
0.00%0.31%0.61%0.92%0.2%0.4%0.4%0.4%Aug 26Oct 26Oct 26

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.

How urgent is this, really

CVE-2026-44019 by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). Outside the shaded patch-first corner.

Where this sits among everything scored

Of 390,400 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Counts from FIRST.org, log-scaled.

Real-World Exposure

1 pkg affected
🐍docling-core

Real-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects PyPI packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.

Description

Impact

In versions >= 2.5.0, < 2.74.1, docling-core could allow local file:// image references and accepted inline data: content without a decoded-size limit.

In applications that accept untrusted image references, this may allow access to local files readable by the process or excessive memory use from large inline payloads.

Patches

Patched in docling-core 2.74.1. The fix blocks local file URIs by default and adds a size limit for decoded inline image data.

Users should upgrade to:

  • docling-core >= 2.74.1

Workarounds

If upgrading is not immediately possible:

  • reject file: and data: image references from untrusted input
  • allow only approved local or remote image sources
  • apply input size and memory limits to processing workers

References

Affected Packages

1 total 1 fixed
EcosystemPackageVulnerable rangeFix
🐍PyPIdocling-core≥ 2.5.0&&< 2.74.12.74.1pip install --upgrade 'docling-core==2.74.1'

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency

  1. Detect

    Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for docling-core, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.

  2. Fix

    Update docling-core to 2.74.1 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2026-44019 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.

  3. Workarounds

    Cap what an attacker can consume: apply request size, rate and timeout limits in front of the affected component, and run it with memory and CPU limits so exhaustion degrades one worker rather than the whole service.

Frequently Asked Questions

### Impact In versions `>= 2.5.0, < 2.74.1`, `docling-core` could allow local `file://` image references and accepted inline `data:` content without a decoded-size limit. In applications that accept untrusted image references, this may allow access to local files readable by the process or excessive memory use from large inline payloads. ### Patches Patched in `docling-core` `2.74.1`. The fix blocks local file URIs by default and adds a size limit for decoded inline image data. Users should upgrade to: - `docling-core` `>= 2.74.1` ### Workarounds If upgrading is not immediately possible:
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CVE-2026-44019: docling-core — Fixed in 2.74.1