Description
Critical XXE in Apache Tika tika-core (1.13-3.2.1), tika-pdf-module (2.0.0-3.2.1) and tika-parsers (1.13-1.28.5) modules on all platforms allows an attacker to carry out XML External Entity injection via a crafted XFA file inside of a PDF.
This CVE covers the same vulnerability as in CVE-2025-54988. However, this CVE expands the scope of affected packages in two ways.
First, while the entrypoint for the vulnerability was the tika-parser-pdf-module as reported in CVE-2025-54988, the vulnerability and its fix were in tika-core. Users who upgraded the tika-parser-pdf-module but did not upgrade tika-core to >= 3.2.2 would still be vulnerable.
Second, the original report failed to mention that in the 1.x Tika releases, the PDFParser was in the "org.apache.tika:tika-parsers" module.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Apache Software Foundation | Apache Tika core | >= 1.13, <= 3.2.1 |
| Apache Software Foundation | Apache Tika parsers | >= 1.13, < 2.0.0 |
| Apache Software Foundation | Apache Tika PDF parser module | >= 2.0.0, <= 3.2.1 |
References
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-54988Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/s5x3k93nhbkqzztp1olxotoyjpdlps9kVendor Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Dec 4, 2025
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified