CVE-2026-44022 Docling: Potential Path Traversal via LaTeX \includegraphics and \input Commands
Attackers can read arbitrary files from the file system by crafting malicious LaTeX documents processed by the Docling library.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2026-44022?
CVE-2026-44022 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in docling-project docling, published on 24 Jun 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 2.73.0 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.
Weakness: CWE-22
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-44022?
3 open source packages ship an affected version, including docling. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
docling PyPI | From 2.73.0 | 2.91.0 |
docling PyPI | From 2.73.0 | 2.91.0 |
docling PyPI | From 2.73.0 | 2.91.0 |
Products include Docling Docling.
How do I fix CVE-2026-44022?
Upgrade docling to 2.91.0 or later.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2026-44022 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-44022 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-2j5p-7p5m-cvqr, PYSEC-2026-2145.