CVE-2025-54988

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.

CVSS v3 8.4 HIGH

8.4^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.5 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://lists.apache.org/thread/8xn3rqy6kz5b3l1t83kcofkw0w4mmj1w	Issue Tracking Mailing List Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/08/20/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/08/20/3
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00030.html

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:apache:tika:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

04 Nov 2025, 22:16

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		() http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/08/20/2 - () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/08/20/3 - () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00030.html -

Information

Published : 2025-08-20 20:15

Updated : 2025-11-04 22:16

NVD link : CVE-2025-54988

Mitre link : CVE-2025-54988

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-54988

JSON object : View

Products Affected

apache

tika

CWE

CWE-611

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

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