diff --git a/leshan-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/leshan/core/model/DDFFileParser.java b/leshan-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/leshan/core/model/DDFFileParser.java
index ae07321738..93b1ccafa5 100644
--- a/leshan-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/leshan/core/model/DDFFileParser.java
+++ b/leshan-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/leshan/core/model/DDFFileParser.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
+import javax.xml.XMLConstants;
 import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder;
 import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;
 import javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException;
@@ -75,12 +76,39 @@ public DDFFileParser(DDFFileValidatorFactory ddfFileValidatorFactory) {
     }
 
     private DDFFileParser(DDFFileValidator ddfValidator, DDFFileValidatorFactory ddfFileValidatorFactory) {
-        factory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
-        factory.setNamespaceAware(true);
+        this.factory = createDocumentBuilderFactory();
         this.ddfValidator = ddfValidator;
         this.ddfValidatorFactory = ddfFileValidatorFactory;
     }
 
+    protected DocumentBuilderFactory createDocumentBuilderFactory() {
+        DocumentBuilderFactory factory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
+        try {
+            // Create Safe DocumentBuilderFactory (not vulnerable to XXE Attacks)
+            // -----------------------------------------------------------------
+            // There is several recommendation from different source we try to apply all, even if some are maybe
+            // redundant.
+
+            // from :
+            // https://semgrep.dev/docs/cheat-sheets/java-xxe/
+            factory.setFeature(XMLConstants.FEATURE_SECURE_PROCESSING, true);
+
+            // from :
+            // https://cheatsheetseries.owasp.org/cheatsheets/XML_External_Entity_Prevention_Cheat_Sheet.html#jaxp-documentbuilderfactory-saxparserfactory-and-dom4j
+            factory.setFeature("http://apache.org/xml/features/disallow-doctype-decl", true); // Disable DTDs
+            factory.setXIncludeAware(false); // Disable XML Inclusions
+
+            // from :
+            // https://community.veracode.com/s/article/Java-Remediation-Guidance-for-XXE
+            factory.setExpandEntityReferences(false); // disable expand entity reference nodes
+
+        } catch (ParserConfigurationException e) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException("Unable to create DocumentBuilderFactory", e);
+        }
+        factory.setNamespaceAware(true);
+        return factory;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Parse a DDF file.
      *
diff --git a/leshan-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/leshan/core/model/DefaultDDFFileValidator.java b/leshan-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/leshan/core/model/DefaultDDFFileValidator.java
index fa93f930d7..7352275ec2 100644
--- a/leshan-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/leshan/core/model/DefaultDDFFileValidator.java
+++ b/leshan-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/leshan/core/model/DefaultDDFFileValidator.java
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
 import org.eclipse.leshan.core.util.Validate;
 import org.w3c.dom.Node;
 import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
+import org.xml.sax.SAXNotRecognizedException;
+import org.xml.sax.SAXNotSupportedException;
 
 /**
  * A DDF File Validator.
@@ -95,7 +97,30 @@ public void validate(Source xmlToValidate) throws SAXException, IOException {
     protected Schema getEmbeddedLwM2mSchema() throws SAXException {
         InputStream inputStream = DDFFileValidator.class.getResourceAsStream(schema);
         Source source = new StreamSource(inputStream);
-        SchemaFactory schemaFactory = SchemaFactory.newInstance(XMLConstants.W3C_XML_SCHEMA_NS_URI);
+        SchemaFactory schemaFactory = createSchemaFactory();
         return schemaFactory.newSchema(source);
     }
+
+    protected SchemaFactory createSchemaFactory() {
+        SchemaFactory factory = SchemaFactory.newInstance(XMLConstants.W3C_XML_SCHEMA_NS_URI);
+        try {
+            // Create Safe SchemaFactory (not vulnerable to XXE Attacks)
+            // --------------------------------------------------------
+            // There is several recommendation from different source we try to apply all, even if some are maybe
+            // redundant.
+
+            // from :
+            // https://semgrep.dev/docs/cheat-sheets/java-xxe/
+            factory.setFeature(XMLConstants.FEATURE_SECURE_PROCESSING, true);
+
+            // from :
+            // https://cheatsheetseries.owasp.org/cheatsheets/XML_External_Entity_Prevention_Cheat_Sheet.html#schemafactory
+            factory.setProperty(XMLConstants.ACCESS_EXTERNAL_DTD, "");
+            factory.setProperty(XMLConstants.ACCESS_EXTERNAL_SCHEMA, "");
+
+        } catch (SAXNotRecognizedException | SAXNotSupportedException e) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException("Unable to create SchemaFactory", e);
+        }
+        return factory;
+    }
 }