CVE-2026-24009 is a Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability in Docling Core versions 2.21.0 through 2.48.3, specifically when used with PyYAML versions prior to 5.4 and processing untrusted YAML data via docling_core.types.doc.DoclingDocument.load_from_yaml(). This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 8.1 (HIGH), indicating a high potential for impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with a network attack vector and high attack complexity. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or KEV listing, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions. The issue has been patched in Docling Core version 2.48.4 by switching to yaml.SafeLoader, and users can also mitigate by upgrading PyYAML to version 5.4 or higher.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 2.21.0, < 2.48.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:docling:docling-core:*:*:*:*:*:python:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.