diff --git a/src/DOMDocumentFactory.php b/src/DOMDocumentFactory.php
index 9ab2a76..1447483 100644
--- a/src/DOMDocumentFactory.php
+++ b/src/DOMDocumentFactory.php
@@ -5,15 +5,16 @@
 namespace SimpleSAML\XML;
 
 use DOMDocument;
-use RuntimeException;
 use SimpleSAML\Assert\Assert;
 use SimpleSAML\XML\Exception\IOException;
+use SimpleSAML\XML\Exception\RuntimeException;
 use SimpleSAML\XML\Exception\UnparseableXMLException;
 
-use function defined;
 use function file_get_contents;
+use function func_num_args;
 use function libxml_clear_errors;
 use function libxml_get_last_error;
+use function libxml_set_external_entity_loader;
 use function libxml_use_internal_errors;
 use function sprintf;
 
@@ -22,25 +23,41 @@
  */
 final class DOMDocumentFactory
 {
+    /**
+     * @var non-negative-int
+     * TODO: Add LIBXML_NO_XXE to the defaults when PHP 8.4.0 + libxml 2.13.0 become generally available
+     */
+    public const DEFAULT_OPTIONS = LIBXML_COMPACT | LIBXML_NONET | LIBXML_NSCLEAN;
+
+
     /**
      * @param string $xml
-     * @param non-empty-string $xml
+     * @param non-negative-int $options
      *
      * @return \DOMDocument
      */
-    public static function fromString(string $xml): DOMDocument
-    {
+    public static function fromString(
+        string $xml,
+        int $options = self::DEFAULT_OPTIONS,
+    ): DOMDocument {
+        libxml_set_external_entity_loader(null);
         Assert::notWhitespaceOnly($xml);
+        Assert::notRegex(
+            $xml,
+            '/<(\s*)!(\s*)DOCTYPE/',
+            'Dangerous XML detected, DOCTYPE nodes are not allowed in the XML body',
+            RuntimeException::class,
+        );
 
         $internalErrors = libxml_use_internal_errors(true);
         libxml_clear_errors();
 
-        $domDocument = self::create();
-        $options = LIBXML_DTDLOAD | LIBXML_DTDATTR | LIBXML_NONET | LIBXML_PARSEHUGE | LIBXML_NSCLEAN;
-        if (defined('LIBXML_COMPACT')) {
-            $options |= LIBXML_COMPACT;
+        // If LIBXML_NO_XXE is available and option not set
+        if (func_num_args() === 1 && defined('LIBXML_NO_XXE')) {
+            $options != LIBXML_NO_XXE;
         }
 
+        $domDocument = self::create();
         $loaded = $domDocument->loadXML($xml, $options);
 
         libxml_use_internal_errors($internalErrors);
@@ -55,11 +72,11 @@ public static function fromString(string $xml): DOMDocument
         libxml_clear_errors();
 
         foreach ($domDocument->childNodes as $child) {
-            if ($child->nodeType === XML_DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE) {
-                throw new RuntimeException(
-                    'Dangerous XML detected, DOCTYPE nodes are not allowed in the XML body',
-                );
-            }
+            Assert::false(
+                $child->nodeType === XML_DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE,
+                'Dangerous XML detected, DOCTYPE nodes are not allowed in the XML body',
+                RuntimeException::class,
+            );
         }
 
         return $domDocument;
@@ -68,10 +85,11 @@ public static function fromString(string $xml): DOMDocument
 
     /**
      * @param string $file
+     * @param non-negative-int $options
      *
      * @return \DOMDocument
      */
-    public static function fromFile(string $file): DOMDocument
+    public static function fromFile(string $file, int $options = self::DEFAULT_OPTIONS): DOMDocument
     {
         error_clear_last();
         $xml = @file_get_contents($file);
@@ -83,7 +101,7 @@ public static function fromFile(string $file): DOMDocument
         }
 
         Assert::notWhitespaceOnly($xml, sprintf('File "%s" does not have content', $file), RuntimeException::class);
-        return static::fromString($xml);
+        return (func_num_args() === 1) ? static::fromString($xml) : static::fromString($xml, $options);
     }
 
 
diff --git a/tests/XML/DOMDocumentFactoryTest.php b/tests/XML/DOMDocumentFactoryTest.php
index 2e01f03..79c4a6a 100644
--- a/tests/XML/DOMDocumentFactoryTest.php
+++ b/tests/XML/DOMDocumentFactoryTest.php
@@ -84,6 +84,19 @@ public function testStringThatContainsDocTypeIsNotAccepted(): 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);
+    }
+
+
     public function testEmptyFileIsNotValid(): void
     {
         $file = 'resources/xml/domdocument_empty.xml';