Medium [CVE-2026-44022] Information disclosure via path traversal in LaTeX backend
This medium-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2026-44022 affecting Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI).
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Summary
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.
A flaw was found in Docling, a tool for document processing. This Moderate impact flaw in Docling's LaTeX backend allows an attacker to read arbitrary files from the system.
By crafting a malicious LaTeX document with path traversal sequences, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability when a user processes the document, potentially leading to the disclosure of sensitive information such as configuration files or credentials.
This issue primarily affects instances where Docling is used to process untrusted LaTeX content, such as within Red Hat OpenShift AI. Red Hat severity: Moderate — CVSS 5.5 (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N).
Weakness: CWE-22. Affected Red Hat products: Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI).
Red Hat does not currently list a fixing RHSA for this CVE.
Is CVE-2026-44022 exploited?
No exploitation is reported in the sources VulniPulse tracks: CVE-2026-44022 is not in the CISA KEV catalog (checked ) and this advisory does not report exploitation. That is not proof the vulnerability cannot be exploited.
How do I fix CVE-2026-44022?
Upgrade to a fixed release named by Red Hat:
- 2.91.0
Confirm against the vendor advisory before you patch.
Affected versions
No affected-version range was extracted from the source record. The vendor advisory is authoritative. Check it before change work.
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 14 days ago·verify at source
Mitigation checklist
- To mitigate this vulnerability, avoid processing untrusted LaTeX documents with Docling. If processing untrusted documents is unavoidable, ensure that Docling operates within a sandboxed environment with strictly limited file system access to prevent unauthorized file reads.
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 14 days ago·verify at source
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