PT-2026-46122 · Pypi · Docling

Published 2026-06-03 · Updated 2026-06-03 · CVE-2026-44022

OSV

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Impact

The LaTeX backend's handling of includegraphics, input, and include commands lacked path containment validation. Attackers could craft malicious LaTeX documents with path traversal sequences (e.g., ../../../etc/passwd) to:

• Read arbitrary files from the file system accessible to the process
• Include sensitive files in the converted document output
• Potentially access configuration files, credentials, or other sensitive data

Patches

Fixed in version 2.91.0. The fix implements strict path validation using Path.resolve().is relative to() to ensure all resolved paths remain within the base document directory. Attempts to traverse outside the base directory are logged and blocked.

Workarounds

Avoid processing untrusted LaTeX documents. If processing is necessary, run in a sandboxed environment with restricted file system access.

References

• Fix release: v2.91.0

Fix

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-44022

GHSA-2J5P-7P5M-CVQR

Affected Products

Docling

References · 4

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-2j5p-7p5m-cvqr · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/docling-project/docling · Note
• https://github.com/docling-project/docling/releases/tag/v2.91.0 · Note
• https://github.com/docling-project/docling/security/advisories/GHSA-2j5p-7p5m-cvqr · Note