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.
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Metrics cvssV3_1

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

ssvc

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

cvssV3_1

{'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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cvssV3_1

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

threat_severity

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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: 2025-08-20T20:08:49.481Z

Updated: 2025-08-21T14:48:43.393Z

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

Link: CVE-2025-54988

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-08-21T13:27:27.136Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

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

Modified: 2025-08-21T15:15:33.517

Link: CVE-2025-54988

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Critical

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

Links: CVE-2025-54988 - Bugzilla