ghsa-p72g-pv48-7w9x
Vulnerability from github
Published
2025-08-20 21:30
Modified
2025-11-05 20:40
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
9.3 (Critical) - 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
Summary
Apache Tika XXE Vulnerability via Crafted XFA File Inside a PDF
Details

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.

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  "affected": [
    {
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        "ecosystem": "Maven",
        "name": "org.apache.tika:tika-parser-pdf-module"
      },
      "ranges": [
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            }
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  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-54988"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-611"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2025-08-21T14:36:27Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-08-20T20:15:33Z",
    "severity": "CRITICAL"
  },
  "details": "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.\n\nUsers are recommended to upgrade to version 3.2.2, which fixes this issue.",
  "id": "GHSA-p72g-pv48-7w9x",
  "modified": "2025-11-05T20:40:56Z",
  "published": "2025-08-20T21:30:27Z",
  "references": [
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      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-54988"
    },
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      "url": "https://github.com/apache/tika/pull/2291"
    },
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      "url": "https://github.com/apache/tika/commit/2b52257304f4d3cde2b8463657380bdb936d9ef2"
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      "url": "https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/TIKA-4459"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread/8xn3rqy6kz5b3l1t83kcofkw0w4mmj1w"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread/stn9oh7rfn9yv76n1srxr9w56oy04p72"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00030.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/08/20/2"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/08/20/3"
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  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
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      "score": "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",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Apache Tika XXE Vulnerability via Crafted XFA File Inside a PDF"
}


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