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Triggering requires operator control of pipeline configuration (PR:H) and a specific non-default combination of remote OCR plus disabled remote services (AC:H); it is config-driven rather than network-attacker-driven (AV:L) with only low confidentiality impact.
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Docling simplifies document processing by parsing diverse formats and providing integrations with the generative AI ecosystem. From 2.83.0 until 2.131.0, the KServeV2OcrModel class defined in docling/models/stages/ocr/kserve_v2_ocr_model.py sends page images to its configured endpoint without checking the pipeline_options.enable_remote_services setting, even when the caller sets that policy control to false. The StandardPdfPipeline._make_ocr_model method also fails to pass the flag into the OCR factory, allowing remote OCR processing in configurations that rely on remote services being disabled. The destination is configured by the caller rather than selected by an attacker. This issue is fixed in 2.131.0.
AnalysisAI
Docling 2.83.0 through 2.130.x ignores the enable_remote_services=False policy when OCR is configured with KserveV2OcrOptions, so page-image crops are still transmitted to the caller-configured KServe v2/Triton inference endpoint during PDF processing. The defect is a security-control bypass rather than attacker-driven exfiltration: the remote destination is chosen by the operator, the vulnerable code path is inert unless a second, non-default remote OCR engine is explicitly configured, and satisfying the assessed vector (AV:L/AC:H/PR:H) requires local access with high privileges. …
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| Exploitation | Three concrete conditions must all hold: (1) the caller configures OCR with KserveV2OcrOptions (a KServe v2 / Triton remote inference server, e.g. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment. |
| Risk Assessment | This is a genuinely low-priority issue whose signals are internally consistent rather than conflicting. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in. |
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| Remediation | Upgrade to Docling 2.131.0 or later, which is the vendor-released patch that makes KserveV2OcrModel reject use without an explicit enable_remote_services=True by raising OperationNotAllowed before any client is created and correctly forwards the flag from StandardPdfPipeline._make_ocr_model; the release is published at https://github.com/docling-project/docling/releases/tag/v2.131.0 and details are in advisory GHSA-h42j-9hcc-3cwc. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report. |
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