CVE-2025-54988

HIGH EPSS 85.5%
Published Aug 20, 202510mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
8.4 CVSS 3.1
High
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Published Aug 20, 2025 10mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

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.

CVSS Details

Base Score
8.4
Exploitability
2.5
Impact
5.9
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity High
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
85.5% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-611

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
apachetika*≥1.13  –  <3.2.2

References 4

  • openwall.com http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/08/20/2
  • openwall.com http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/08/20/3
  • lists.apache.org https://lists.apache.org/thread/8xn3rqy6kz5b3l1t83kcofkw0w4mmj1w
    Issue TrackingMailing ListVendor Advisory
  • lists.debian.org https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00030.html

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.