CVE-2026-47214 Docling: Unsafe URI and Path Handling in HTML Backend

What is CVE-2026-47214?

CVE-2026-47214 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in docling-project docling, published on 26 Jun 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, 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. Prior to 2.94.0, the HTML backend has unsafe URI and path handling. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.94.0.

Weakness: CWE-73, CWE-400

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-47214?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including docling. It affects 1 product.

Products include Docling Docling.

How do I fix CVE-2026-47214?

Upgrade docling to 2.94.0 or later.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2026-47214 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-47214 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in docling-project docling

• CVE-2026-44016 Docling: Unsafe Playwright-based HTML Rendering High 8.2
• 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 High 7.5
• CVE-2026-44017 Docling: Unsafe Zip Extraction in EasyOCR Model Download High 7.5
• CVE-2026-44020 Docling: Unsafe XML Entity Expansion in USPTO Patent Backend High 7.5
• CVE-2026-105751 Docling: Arbitrary local file read via draw:image xlink:href in the OpenDocument backend Medium 6.9

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-q29v-xc37-wh5m, PYSEC-2026-2146.