CVE-2026-108749
Description
docling-serve 1.14.0 through 1.36.0 contains a missing authentication vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to access /v1/memory/stats and /v1/memory/counts because they omit the require_auth dependency. Attackers can bypass the configured DOCLING_SERVE_API_KEY to read process and cgroup memory telemetry, object type histograms, and force repeated gc.collect() heap enumeration.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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Propose a mitigation on Community Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
References
- https://github.com/docling-project/docling-serve
- https://github.com/docling-project/docling-serve/blob/07b1d3d3b515afd9196148e0353d54ea38de2a37/docling_serve/app.py#L1631-L1687
- https://github.com/docling-project/docling-serve/blob/07b1d3d3b515afd9196148e0353d54ea38de2a37/docling_serve/auth.py#L49-L55
- https://hackmd.io/@haind03/docling-serve-memory-endpoints-api-key-bypass
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/docling-serve-1.14.0-through-1.36.0-missing-authentication-via-memory-management-endpoints
CWEs
CWE-306
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.