CVE-2018-11761
In Apache Tika 0.1 to 1.18, the XML parsers were not configured to limit entity expansion. They were therefore vulnerable to an entity expansion...
- Published
- Sep 19, 2018
- Updated
- Sep 16, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- apache
- Evidence observed
- Aug 8, 2026
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 95.3%
- Model date
- Oct 14, 2026
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Summary
In Apache Tika 0.1 to 1.18, the XML parsers were not configured to limit entity expansion. They were therefore vulnerable to an entity expansion vulnerability which can lead to a denial of service attack.
Sources
Apache Tika Denial of Service Vulnerability (CVE-2018-11761)
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