CVE-2025-54988
Apache Tika PDF parser module: XXE vulnerability in PDFParser's handling of XFA
- Published
- Aug 20, 2025
- Updated
- Feb 26, 2026
- Assigning CNA
- apache
- Evidence observed
- Aug 8, 2026
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HModerate · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 98.9%
- Model date
- Oct 17, 2026
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Summary
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.
Sources
modules/auxiliary/scanner/http/elasticsearch_tika_xfa_xxe.rb
Metasploit Framework modulesDeclared conditions
- verification: check_declared($.auxiliary_scanner/http/elasticsearch_tika_xfa_xxe.check)
- Apache Tika - XXE InjectionTemplate
http/cves/2025/CVE-2025-54988.yaml
Nuclei TemplatesDeclared conditions
- network: http($.protocol_keys)
- verification: dsl,word($.matchers[*].type)
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