Answer in brief
CVE-2025-54988 records a Critical severity (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in Apache Tika XXE Vulnerability via Crafted XFA File Inside a PDF. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps org.apache.tika:tika-parser-pdf-module (maven), org.apache.tika:tika-parsers (maven). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 9.8. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
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The current feed maps org.apache.tika:tika-parser-pdf-module (maven), org.apache.tika:tika-parsers (maven). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| org.apache.tika:tika-parser-pdf-modulemaven | >=1.13 <3.2.2 | 3.2.2 |
| org.apache.tika:tika-parsersmaven | >=1.13 <2.0.0-ALPHA | 2.0.0-ALPHA |
Published upstream
Aug 20, 2025
Evidence: source:osv:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Sep 10, 2026
Evidence: source:osv:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Sep 10, 2026
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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