CVE-2025-54988

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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History

20 Aug 2025, 20:15

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Information

Published : 2025-08-20 20:15

Updated : 2025-08-20 20:15


NVD link : CVE-2025-54988

Mitre link : CVE-2025-54988

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-54988


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CWE
CWE-611

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference