CVE-2026-105745 Docling: Plugin entry points are imported before the allow_external_plugins check
Attackers can execute arbitrary code via malicious installed packages because Docling imports plugin entry points before checking the external plugin allowlist.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2026-105745?
CVE-2026-105745 is a medium-severity code injection vulnerability in docling-project docling, published on 5 Oct 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Docling simplifies document processing by parsing diverse formats and providing integrations with the generative AI ecosystem. From 2.27.0 until 2.131.0, Docling plugin factories in docling/models/factories/base_factory.py call load_setuptools_entrypoints() before applying the allow_external_plugins setting, so every module registered in the Docling entry-point group is imported even when external plugins are disabled. An installed third-party or compromised package can therefore execute import-time code when Docling starts, while the subsequent namespace filter misleadingly reports that the plugin was not loaded. This issue is fixed in 2.131.0.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-105745?
6 open source packages ship an affected version, including docling and docling-slim. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
docling PyPI | From 2.27.0 | 2.131.0 |
docling PyPI | From 2.27.0 | 2.131.0 |
docling PyPI | From 2.27.0 | 2.131.0 |
docling-slim PyPI | From 2.92.0 | 2.131.0 |
docling-slim PyPI | From 2.92.0 | 2.131.0 |
docling-slim PyPI | From 2.92.0 | 2.131.0 |
Products include Docling Docling.
How do I fix CVE-2026-105745?
Upgrade docling to 2.131.0 or later.
Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.
Is CVE-2026-105745 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-105745 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in docling-project docling
- CVE-2026-44016 Docling: Unsafe Playwright-based HTML Rendering
- CVE-2026-105744 Docling has arbitrary file read/write (and command execution when shell-escape is enabled) when rendering untrusted TikZ with the opt-in Tectonic engine
- CVE-2026-44017 Docling: Unsafe Zip Extraction in EasyOCR Model Download
- CVE-2026-44020 Docling: Unsafe XML Entity Expansion in USPTO Patent Backend
- CVE-2026-47214 Docling: Unsafe URI and Path Handling in HTML Backend
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9jxx-vjrv-h2rq, PYSEC-2026-4192, PYSEC-2026-4210.