CVE-2025-54988

20.08.2025, 20:15

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.

Provider	Type	Base Score	Atk. Vector	Atk. Complexity	Priv. Required	Vector
NIST	NIST	8.4 HIGH	LOCAL	LOW	NONE	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
apache	CNA	8.4 HIGH	LOCAL	LOW	NONE	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA-ADP	ADP	9.8 CRITICAL	NETWORK	LOW	NONE	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Base Score

CVSS 3.x

EPSS Score

Percentile: 17%

Vendor	Product	Version
apache	tika	1.13 ≤ 𝑥 < 3.2.2

𝑥

= Vulnerable software versions

Debian Releases

Debian Product

Codename

tika

sid	vulnerable
bullseye	vulnerable

Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-611 - Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
The software processes an XML document that can contain XML entities with URIs that resolve to documents outside of the intended sphere of control, causing the product to embed incorrect documents into its output.

References

https://lists.apache.org/thread/8xn3rqy6kz5b3l1t83kcofkw0w4mmj1w