apache/tika · Security
Apache Tika XXE Vulnerability via Crafted XFA File Inside a PDF
- GHSA ID
- GHSA-p72g-pv48-7w9x
- CVE ID
- CVE-2025-54988
- Severity
- critical
- Published
- Updated
- CVSS
- 9.8 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS v3
- 9.8 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS v4
- 9.3 · CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Description
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.
CWEs
- CWE-611 · Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-54988 ↗
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/8xn3rqy6kz5b3l1t83kcofkw0w4mmj1w ↗
- 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://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/TIKA-4459 ↗
- 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 ↗
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-p72g-pv48-7w9x ↗