Description
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.
Published: 2025-08-20
Score: 8.4 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-4350-1 tika security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-25435 Apache Tika XXE Vulnerability via Crafted XFA File Inside a PDF
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-p72g-pv48-7w9x Apache Tika XXE Vulnerability via Crafted XFA File Inside a PDF
History

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

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{'score': 8.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


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First Time appeared Apache
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Vendors & Products Apache
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{'score': 9.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L'}

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


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{'score': 9.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L'}

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Description 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.
Title Apache Tika PDF parser module: XXE vulnerability in PDFParser's handling of XFA
Weaknesses CWE-611
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apache

Published:

Updated: 2026-02-26T17:48:22.169Z

Reserved: 2025-08-04T16:04:26.626Z

Link: CVE-2025-54988

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-11-04T22:06:45.688Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2025-08-20T20:15:33.070

Modified: 2025-11-04T22:16:29.870

Link: CVE-2025-54988

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Critical

Publid Date: 2025-08-20T20:08:49Z

Links: CVE-2025-54988 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-08-24T22:19:08Z

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