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SCA: security update for docling-core (GHSA-vqxf-v2gg-x3hc)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 436900

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - Docling Core (or docling-core) is a library that defines core data types and transformations in the
 document processing application Docling. A PyYAML-related Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability,
 namely CVE-2020-14343, is exposed in docling-core starting in version 2.21.0 and prior to version 2.48.4,
 specifically only if the application uses pyyaml prior to version 5.4 and invokes
 `docling_core.types.doc.DoclingDocument.load_from_yaml()` passing it untrusted YAML data. The
 vulnerability has been patched in docling-core version 2.48.4. The fix mitigates the issue by switching
 `PyYAML` deserialization from `yaml.FullLoader` to `yaml.SafeLoader`, ensuring that untrusted data cannot
 trigger code execution. Users who cannot immediately upgrade docling-core can alternatively ensure that
 the installed version of PyYAML is 5.4 or greater. (CVE-2026-24009)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vqxf-v2gg-x3hc

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 436900

Version: Revision 1.12

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/22/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.88

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-24009

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/22/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/22/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-24009

cwe: CWE-502