# org.apache.tika:tika-parser-pdf-module (Maven) vulnerabilities

2 known vulnerabilities (2 high), with the versions each affects and the releases that fix them.

## At a glance

- Latest release: 4.2.0 (Oct 29, 2026): no advisory affects it
- Newest unaffected release: 4.2.0 (Oct 29, 2026), the latest release
- Dependents: 12
- Releases: 35 since 2.0.0 (Jul 14, 2021)
- Registry: https://central.sonatype.com/artifact/org.apache.tika/tika-parser-pdf-module
- Releases read: Nov 8, 2026

## Version timeline

Affected versions per advisory, in version order:

- CVE-2025-66516: 2.0.0 to 3.2.1 (3.2.2 is outside it)
- CVE-2025-54988: 2.0.0-ALPHA to 3.2.1 (3.2.2 is outside it)

## Advisories (2)

### [CVE-2025-66516](https://cve.now/CVE-2025-66516): Apache Tika core, Apache Tika parsers, Apache Tika PDF parser module: Update to CVE-2025-54988 to expand scope of artifacts affected

- Severity: High 8.4
- Published: Dec 4, 2025
- Affected: from 2.0.0, through 3.2.1; from 2.0.0, fixed in 3.2.2.
- Fixed in 3.2.2 (released Aug 6, 2025, 120 days before disclosure).
- The latest release, 4.2.0, is not affected.

### [CVE-2025-54988](https://cve.now/CVE-2025-54988): Apache Tika PDF parser module: XXE vulnerability in PDFParser's handling of XFA

- Severity: High 8.4
- Published: Aug 20, 2025
- Affected: from 1.13, through 3.2.1; from 1.13, fixed in 3.2.2.
- Fixed in 3.2.2 (released Aug 6, 2025, 14 days before disclosure).
- The latest release, 4.2.0, is not affected.

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