diff --git a/src/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.NotificationService/Ews/EwsResponseParser.cs b/src/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.NotificationService/Ews/EwsResponseParser.cs
index c4bf7750..c209df09 100644
--- a/src/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.NotificationService/Ews/EwsResponseParser.cs
+++ b/src/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.NotificationService/Ews/EwsResponseParser.cs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+using System.Xml;
 using System.Xml.Linq;
 
 namespace ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.NotificationService.Ews;
@@ -64,9 +65,20 @@ public static class EwsResponseParser
         XDocument document;
         try
         {
-            document = XDocument.Parse(responseBody);
+            // The body is external input, so DTDs are prohibited outright: LINQ-to-XML's own
+            // XDocument.Parse permits an internal DTD subset and expands its entities (verified),
+            // which is an entity-expansion DoS on a response body. A null resolver additionally
+            // blocks external entity/DTD fetches (XXE).
+            var settings = new XmlReaderSettings
+            {
+                DtdProcessing = DtdProcessing.Prohibit,
+                XmlResolver = null,
+            };
+
+            using var reader = XmlReader.Create(new StringReader(responseBody), settings);
+            document = XDocument.Load(reader);
         }
-        catch (System.Xml.XmlException)
+        catch (XmlException)
         {
             return UnparseableResult;
         }
diff --git a/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.NotificationService.Tests/Ews/EwsResponseParserTests.cs b/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.NotificationService.Tests/Ews/EwsResponseParserTests.cs
index 4272fd2a..c60d8994 100644
--- a/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.NotificationService.Tests/Ews/EwsResponseParserTests.cs
+++ b/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.NotificationService.Tests/Ews/EwsResponseParserTests.cs
@@ -112,6 +112,45 @@ public class EwsResponseParserTests
         Assert.Equal("An internal server error occurred.", result.MessageText);
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public void Parse_PayloadWithDtdEntityDeclaration_IsRejectedAsUnparseable()
+    {
+        // Pins DTD-prohibited parsing (XXE guard). The response body is external input, so the
+        // parser must never process a DOCTYPE. XDocument.Parse prohibits DTDs by default; a
+        // refactor that supplies XmlReaderSettings with a looser DtdProcessing fails here.
+        //
+        // The payload is deliberately a well-formed EWS response so the assertion has teeth: with
+        // DTDs prohibited the DOCTYPE itself throws and the body is Unparseable, whereas any
+        // DtdProcessing.Parse configuration expands the internal entity and yields Kind=Error.
+        // The external file:/// entity is declared alongside it as the XXE payload that must
+        // likewise never be reached.
+        const string xxe = """
+            <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+            <!DOCTYPE Envelope [
+              <!ENTITY xxe SYSTEM "file:///etc/passwd">
+              <!ENTITY expanded "server busy">
+            ]>
+            <s:Envelope xmlns:s="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
+              <s:Body>
+                <m:CreateItemResponse xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/messages">
+                  <m:ResponseMessages>
+                    <m:CreateItemResponseMessage ResponseClass="Error">
+                      <m:MessageText>&expanded;</m:MessageText>
+                      <m:ResponseCode>ErrorServerBusy</m:ResponseCode>
+                    </m:CreateItemResponseMessage>
+                  </m:ResponseMessages>
+                </m:CreateItemResponse>
+              </s:Body>
+            </s:Envelope>
+            """;
+
+        var result = EwsResponseParser.Parse(xxe);
+
+        Assert.Equal(EwsResponseKind.Unparseable, result.Kind);
+        Assert.Null(result.ResponseCode);
+        Assert.Null(result.MessageText);
+    }
+
     [Theory]
     [InlineData("not xml")]
     [InlineData("")]