CVE-2026-105749 PUBLISHED

Docling: Unbounded table rowspan/colspan in HTML, JATS, ODS and BoxNote backends causes CPU/memory exhaustion

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 05.10.2026 Published: 05.10.2026 Updated: 05.10.2026

Docling simplifies document processing by parsing diverse formats and providing integrations with the generative AI ecosystem. From 2.0.0 until 2.131.0, the HTML, JATS, OpenDocument spreadsheet, and BoxNote backends, including docling/backend/html_backend.py, docling/backend/jats_backend.py, and docling/backend/boxnote_backend.py, accept the rowspan and colspan attribute values without an upper bound and execute loops or allocate a table grid proportional to the declared span. A very small document can therefore cause sustained CPU use or multi-gigabyte memory allocation, and the document_timeout setting does not interrupt the single backend conversion call. Export through the TableData.grid property can further materialize the oversized grid. This issue is fixed in 2.131.0.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS Score: 6.5

Product Status

Vendor docling-project
Product docling
Versions
  • Version >= 2.0.0, < 2.131.0 is affected
Vendor docling-project
Product docling-slim
Versions
  • Version >= 2.92.0, < 2.131.0 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption CWE
  • CWE-789: Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value CWE