Apache Tika core, Apache Tika parsers, Apache Tika PDF parser module: Update to CVE-2025-54988 to expand scope of artifacts affected
- Published
- Last modified
- Where the record stands: published, rejected by its publisher, or superseded by another id.What do these mean? →
- published
- Whether CISA lists it in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: proof that attackers are using it.What do these mean? →
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- The rating the maker of the software gives it. Shown when it differs from the CVSS level.What do these mean? →
- Critical (apache)
- Fix
- Fixed in 2.0.0, 3.2.2
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- 1 Metasploit module, 3 proofs of concept on GitHub, 1 Nuclei template
- Exploitation: poc
- Automatable: no
- Technical impact: total
Summary
Critical XXE in Apache Tika tika-core (1.13-3.2.1), tika-pdf-module (2.0.0-3.2.1) and tika-parsers (1.13-1.28.5) modules on all platforms allows an attacker to carry out XML External Entity injection via a crafted XFA file inside of a PDF. This CVE covers the same vulnerability as in CVE-2025-54988. However, this CVE expands the scope of affected packages in two ways. First, while the entrypoint for the vulnerability was the tika-parser-pdf-module as reported in CVE-2025-54988, the vulnerability and its fix were in tika-core. Users who upgraded the tika-parser-pdf-module but did not upgrade tika-core to >= 3.2.2 would still be vulnerable. Second, the original report failed to mention that in the 1.x Tika releases, the PDFParser was in the "org.apache.tika:tika-parsers" module.
Timeline
- CVE published
- CISA SSVC assessment
Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
- Record last updated
- EPSS reached 10%
FIRST estimates at least a 10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Affected versions
- org.apache.tika:tika-core
From 1.13 · through 3.2.1
- org.apache.tika:tika-parsers
From 1.13 · fixed in 2.0.0
- org.apache.tika:tika-parser-pdf-module
From 2.0.0 · through 3.2.1
- org.apache.tika:tika-coreMaven
From 1.13 · fixed in 3.2.2
- org.apache.tika:tika-parsersMaven
From 1.13 · fixed in 2.0.0
- org.apache.tika:tika-parser-pdf-moduleMaven
From 2.0.0 · fixed in 3.2.2