---
id: CVE-2026-108749
title: >-
  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
summary: >-
  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 bypas…
severity: low
cvss: 3.7
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-306
published: '2026-10-11'
updated: '2026-10-11'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-11T13:17:19.670'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-108749'
references:
  - url: 'https://github.com/docling-project/docling-serve'
    label: disclosure@vulncheck.com
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/docling-project/docling-serve/blob/07b1d3d3b515afd9196148e0353d54ea38de2a37/docling_serve/app.py#L1631-L1687
    label: disclosure@vulncheck.com
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/docling-project/docling-serve/blob/07b1d3d3b515afd9196148e0353d54ea38de2a37/docling_serve/auth.py#L49-L55
    label: disclosure@vulncheck.com
  - url: 'https://hackmd.io/@haind03/docling-serve-memory-endpoints-api-key-bypass'
    label: disclosure@vulncheck.com
  - url: >-
      https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/docling-serve-1.14.0-through-1.36.0-missing-authentication-via-memory-management-endpoints
    label: disclosure@vulncheck.com
tags:
  - nvd
ingestedAt: '2026-10-11T13:51:17.037Z'
---

## Overview

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.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.