diff --git a/src/Lucene.Net.Analysis.Common/Analysis/Compound/Hyphenation/PatternParser.cs b/src/Lucene.Net.Analysis.Common/Analysis/Compound/Hyphenation/PatternParser.cs
index b6643b9169..69d2d66adf 100644
--- a/src/Lucene.Net.Analysis.Common/Analysis/Compound/Hyphenation/PatternParser.cs
+++ b/src/Lucene.Net.Analysis.Common/Analysis/Compound/Hyphenation/PatternParser.cs
@@ -364,19 +364,23 @@ protected static string GetInterletterValues(string pat)
 
         /// <summary>
         /// LUCENENET specific helper class to force the DTD file to be read from the embedded resource
-        /// rather than from the file system.
+        /// rather than from the file system. Any other external reference is rejected, so the parser
+        /// only ever resolves the known, embedded <c>hyphenation.dtd</c>.
         /// </summary>
         internal class DtdResolver : XmlUrlResolver
         {
+            internal const string DTD_FILENAME = "hyphenation.dtd";
+
             public override object GetEntity(Uri absoluteUri, string role, Type ofObjectToReturn)
             {
-                string dtdFilename = "hyphenation.dtd";
-                if (dtdFilename.Equals(absoluteUri.Segments.LastOrDefault(), StringComparison.Ordinal))
+                if (DTD_FILENAME.Equals(absoluteUri?.Segments.LastOrDefault(), StringComparison.Ordinal))
                 {
-                    return typeof(PatternParser).FindAndGetManifestResourceStream(dtdFilename);
+                    return typeof(PatternParser).FindAndGetManifestResourceStream(DTD_FILENAME);
                 }
 
-                return base.GetEntity(absoluteUri, role, ofObjectToReturn);
+                // Only the embedded hyphenation.dtd is a valid external reference. Reject anything
+                // else rather than resolving it from the file system or network.
+                throw new XmlException($"Unexpected external reference in hyphenation data: '{absoluteUri}'. Only '{DTD_FILENAME}' may be referenced.");
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Lucene.Net.Tests.Analysis.Common/Analysis/Compound/TestPatternParser.cs b/src/Lucene.Net.Tests.Analysis.Common/Analysis/Compound/TestPatternParser.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8fe103fcec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Lucene.Net.Tests.Analysis.Common/Analysis/Compound/TestPatternParser.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+// Lucene version compatibility level 4.8.1
+using Lucene.Net.Analysis.Compound.Hyphenation;
+using Lucene.Net.Attributes;
+using Lucene.Net.Util;
+using NUnit.Framework;
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Xml;
+
+namespace Lucene.Net.Analysis.Compound
+{
+    /*
+     * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+     * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+     * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+     * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+     * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+     * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+     *
+     *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+     *
+     * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+     * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+     * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+     * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+     * limitations under the License.
+     */
+
+    [LuceneNetSpecific]
+    public class TestPatternParser : LuceneTestCase
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// A well-formed hyphenation file that references the standard, embedded
+        /// <c>hyphenation.dtd</c> parses without error.
+        /// </summary>
+        [Test]
+        public virtual void TestValidHyphenationDataParses()
+        {
+            using var stream = this.GetType().getResourceAsStream("da_UTF8.xml");
+            var parser = new PatternParser(new NoOpPatternConsumer());
+
+            Assert.DoesNotThrow(() => parser.Parse(stream));
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// A hyphenation file that references an external entity other than the
+        /// embedded <c>hyphenation.dtd</c> is rejected rather than resolving the
+        /// reference.
+        /// </summary>
+        [Test]
+        public virtual void TestExternalEntityIsRejected()
+        {
+            // Point the external reference at a real, readable file. If the reference were
+            // resolved, its contents would be pulled into the parsed document; instead the
+            // parser must refuse the reference.
+            FileInfo target = CreateTempFile("lucene_pp_", ".txt");
+            File.WriteAllText(target.FullName, "marker-contents");
+
+            string targetUri = new Uri(target.FullName).AbsoluteUri;
+            string xml =
+                "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?>\n" +
+                "<!DOCTYPE hyphenation-info [\n" +
+                "  <!ENTITY ext SYSTEM \"" + targetUri + "\">\n" +
+                "]>\n" +
+                "<hyphenation-info>\n" +
+                "  <exceptions>&ext;</exceptions>\n" +
+                "</hyphenation-info>\n";
+
+            using var stream = new MemoryStream(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(xml));
+            var parser = new PatternParser(new NoOpPatternConsumer());
+
+            Assert.Throws<XmlException>(() => parser.Parse(stream));
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// A reference to an external DTD other than the embedded
+        /// <c>hyphenation.dtd</c> is rejected.
+        /// </summary>
+        [Test]
+        public virtual void TestExternalDtdIsRejected()
+        {
+            FileInfo target = CreateTempFile("lucene_pp_", ".dtd");
+            File.WriteAllText(target.FullName, "<!ELEMENT hyphenation-info ANY>");
+
+            string targetUri = new Uri(target.FullName).AbsoluteUri;
+            string xml =
+                "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?>\n" +
+                "<!DOCTYPE hyphenation-info SYSTEM \"" + targetUri + "\">\n" +
+                "<hyphenation-info></hyphenation-info>\n";
+
+            using var stream = new MemoryStream(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(xml));
+            var parser = new PatternParser(new NoOpPatternConsumer());
+
+            Assert.Throws<XmlException>(() => parser.Parse(stream));
+        }
+
+        private sealed class NoOpPatternConsumer : IPatternConsumer
+        {
+            public void AddClass(string chargroup) { }
+
+            public void AddException(string word, IList<object> hyphenatedword) { }
+
+            public void AddPattern(string pattern, string values) { }
+        }
+    }
+}