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

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...

Docling: Unsafe XML Entity Expansion in USPTO Patent Backend

Impact 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...

PT-2026-46101

Impact 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...