GHSA-p72g-pv48-7w9x
Apache Tika XXE Vulnerability via Crafted XFA File Inside a PDF
Quick fix
GHSA-p72g-pv48-7w9x — org.apache.tika:tika-parser-pdf-module: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.
# pom.xml: bump <version>3.2.2</version> for org.apache.tika:tika-parser-pdf-moduleDetails
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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Affected packages
1.13Fixed in: 3.2.2# pom.xml: bump <version>3.2.2</version> for org.apache.tika:tika-parser-pdf-module1.13Fixed in: 2.0.0-ALPHA# pom.xml: bump <version>2.0.0-ALPHA</version> for org.apache.tika:tika-parsersReferences
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-54988[ADVISORY]
- https://github.com/apache/tika/pull/2291[WEB]
- https://github.com/apache/tika/commit/2b52257304f4d3cde2b8463657380bdb936d9ef2[WEB]
- https://archive.apache.org/dist/tika/3.2.2/CHANGES-3.2.2.txt[WEB]
- https://github.com/apache/tika[PACKAGE]
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/TIKA-4459[WEB]
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/8xn3rqy6kz5b3l1t83kcofkw0w4mmj1w[WEB]
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/stn9oh7rfn9yv76n1srxr9w56oy04p72[WEB]
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00030.html[WEB]
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/08/20/2[WEB]
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/08/20/3[WEB]