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CVE-2026-44019 is a high-severity vulnerability in docling-core titled "Insufficient validation of image reference URIs," affecting the document processing library used by the Docling application. In versions 2.5.0 through 2.74.0, docling-core fails to restrict local file:// image references and accepts inline data: content without a decoded-size limit, enabling file disclosure and denial-of-service conditions. The vulnerability was published on June 2, 2026, and patched in version 2.74.1. It carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.1 (High) (Github Advisory).
The root cause is insufficient validation of image reference URIs when processing untrusted input, classified under CWE-73 (External Control of File Name or Path) and CWE-400 (Uncontrolled Resource Consumption) (Github Advisory). An attacker can supply a crafted document or image reference containing a file:// URI pointing to sensitive local files readable by the application process, or a large data: URI payload that exhausts system memory due to the absence of a decoded-size limit. Exploitation requires user interaction — specifically, a user or application must process the attacker-supplied untrusted image reference. The fix in v2.74.1 blocks local file URIs by default and enforces a size limit on decoded inline image data (Release v2.74.1).
Successful exploitation can result in two distinct impacts: unauthorized access to local files readable by the application process (high confidentiality impact), and excessive memory consumption leading to denial of service from oversized inline image payloads (high availability impact). Integrity is not directly affected. In multi-tenant or server-side document processing deployments that accept untrusted input, this could expose sensitive configuration files, credentials, or other data accessible to the process, and could render the service unavailable through memory exhaustion (Github Advisory).
file:// URI pointing to a sensitive local file (e.g., file:///etc/passwd or file:///app/config/secrets.env) that the application process has read access to.data: URI containing a very large base64-encoded payload to trigger excessive memory allocation during decoding.file:// or unusually large data: URIs being processed; errors related to memory limits or out-of-memory conditions during document processing./etc/passwd, configuration files, credential stores) coinciding with document processing activity.file:// or data: image reference strings in payloads submitted to document processing endpoints.Upgrade docling-core to version 2.74.1 or later, which blocks local file:// URIs by default and enforces a decoded-size limit on inline data: image content (Release v2.74.1). If an immediate upgrade is not possible, apply the following workarounds: reject file: and data: image references from untrusted input at the application layer, allow only approved local or remote image sources via an allowlist, and apply input size and memory limits to document processing workers (Github Advisory).
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