From 06cd62170dc3c0f5efcf1e75ad5a77e280e04fa7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Trenton H <797416+stumpylog@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2026 08:18:50 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Chore: Import lxml lazily in the SVG validator

---
 src/paperless/validators.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/paperless/validators.py b/src/paperless/validators.py
index 6e3c78f79..fa907baa6 100644
--- a/src/paperless/validators.py
+++ b/src/paperless/validators.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ from io import BytesIO
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
 from django.core.files.uploadedfile import UploadedFile
-from lxml import etree
 from PIL import Image
 
 ALLOWED_SVG_TAGS: set[str] = {
@@ -186,6 +185,7 @@ def reject_dangerous_svg(file: UploadedFile) -> None:
     Raises ValidationError if unsafe content is found.
     See GHSA-6p53-hqqw-8j62
     """
+    from lxml import etree
 
     try:
         parser = etree.XMLParser(resolve_entities=False)