CVE-2026-44022 PUBLISHED

Docling: Potential Path Traversal via LaTeX \includegraphics and \input Commands

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 04.05.2026 Published: 24.06.2026 Updated: 25.06.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score: 5.5

Product Status

Vendor docling-project
Product docling
Versions
  • Version >= 2.73.0, < 2.91.0 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') CWE