diff --git a/src/SAML2/DOMDocumentFactory.php b/src/SAML2/DOMDocumentFactory.php
index 811ae10b6..f69a49e4b 100644
--- a/src/SAML2/DOMDocumentFactory.php
+++ b/src/SAML2/DOMDocumentFactory.php
@@ -30,15 +30,27 @@ public static function fromString(string $xml) : DOMDocument
     {
         if (trim($xml) === '') {
             throw InvalidArgumentException::invalidType('non-empty string', $xml);
+        } elseif (preg_match('/<(\s*)!(\s*)DOCTYPE/', $xml)) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(
+                'Dangerous XML detected, DOCTYPE nodes are not allowed in the XML body'
+            );
         } elseif (PHP_VERSION_ID < 80000) {
             $entityLoader = libxml_disable_entity_loader(true);
+        } else {
+            libxml_set_external_entity_loader(null);
         }
 
         $internalErrors = libxml_use_internal_errors(true);
         libxml_clear_errors();
 
         $domDocument = self::create();
-        $options = LIBXML_DTDLOAD | LIBXML_DTDATTR | LIBXML_NONET | LIBXML_PARSEHUGE;
+        $options = LIBXML_NONET | LIBXML_PARSEHUGE;
+
+        /* LIBXML_NO_XXE available from PHP 8.4 */
+        if (defined('LIBXML_NO_XXE')) {
+            $options |= LIBXML_NO_XXE;
+        }
+
         if (defined('LIBXML_COMPACT')) {
             $options |= LIBXML_COMPACT;
         }
diff --git a/tests/SAML2/DOMDocumentFactoryTest.php b/tests/SAML2/DOMDocumentFactoryTest.php
index fa0561a33..1834a22bf 100644
--- a/tests/SAML2/DOMDocumentFactoryTest.php
+++ b/tests/SAML2/DOMDocumentFactoryTest.php
@@ -99,6 +99,22 @@ public function testStringThatContainsDocTypeIsNotAccepted() : void
     }
 
 
+    /**
+     * @group                    domdocument
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function testStringThatContainsDocTypeIsNotAccepted2(): void
+    {
+        $xml = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
+               <!DOCTYPE foo [<!ENTITY % exfiltrate SYSTEM "file://dev/random">%exfiltrate;]>
+               <foo>y</foo>';
+        $this->expectException(RuntimeException::class);
+        $this->expectExceptionMessage(
+            'Dangerous XML detected, DOCTYPE nodes are not allowed in the XML body',
+        );
+        DOMDocumentFactory::fromString($xml);
+    }
+
     /**
      * @group                    domdocument
      * @return void