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CVE

GHSA-p72g-pv48-7w9x

Apache Tika XXE Vulnerability via Crafted XFA File Inside a PDF
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CVE

GHSA-p72g-pv48-7w9x

Apache Tika XXE Vulnerability via Crafted XFA File Inside a PDF

Critical XXE in Apache Tika (tika-parser-pdf-module) in Apache Tika 1.13 through and including 3.2.1 on all platforms allows an attacker to carry out XML External Entity injection via a crafted XFA file inside of a PDF. An attacker may be able to read sensitive data or trigger malicious requests to internal resources or third-party servers. Note that the tika-parser-pdf-module is used as a dependency in several Tika packages including at least: tika-parsers-standard-modules, tika-parsers-standard-package, tika-app, tika-grpc and tika-server-standard.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.2.2, which fixes this issue.

Package Versions Affected

Package Version
patch Availability
org.apache.tika:tika-app 2.9.4
Available
Unavailable
org.apache.tika:tika-core 2.9.4
Available
Unavailable
org.apache.tika:tika-app 1.28.5
Available
Unavailable
org.apache.tika:tika-core 1.28.5
Available
Unavailable

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CVSS Version

Severity
Base Score
CVSS Version
Score Vector
C
H
U
8.4
-
3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
C
H
U
0
-
3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
C
H
U
9.8
-
3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Related Resources

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-54988, https://github.com/apache/tika/pull/2291, https://github.com/apache/tika/commit/2b52257304f4d3cde2b8463657380bdb936d9ef2, https://archive.apache.org/dist/tika/3.2.2/CHANGES-3.2.2.txt, https://github.com/apache/tika, https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/TIKA-4459, https://lists.apache.org/thread/8xn3rqy6kz5b3l1t83kcofkw0w4mmj1w, https://lists.apache.org/thread/stn9oh7rfn9yv76n1srxr9w56oy04p72, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00030.html, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/08/20/2, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/08/20/3

Severity

9.8

CVSS Score
0
10

Basic Information

Ecosystem
Base CVSS
9.8
EPSS Probability
0.00028%
EPSS Percentile
0.07311%
Introduced Version
1.17,1.13,2.0.0-ALPHA,2.6.0,3.0.0-BETA,3.0.0-BETA2,2.0.0-BETA,1.15,2.4.0
Fix Available
3.2.2

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