8.4

CVE-2025-54988: apache software foundation apache tika pdf parser module

CVSS: 8.4v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2025-54988DEBIAN-CVE-2025-54988CGA-4cxw-88j4-c8pf
Published 20-08-2025Last modified 26-02-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-54988 is a high (CVSS 8.4) vulnerability in apache software foundation apache tika pdf parser module. EPSS estimates a 48.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98.8% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
53/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.4/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
48.52%
0%100%
High · +10.80 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1metasploit

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 6
DLA-4350-1USN-8324-1CGA-3VCP-56CF-5R8QCGA-F6CJ-6WCV-2Q4XCGA-FPM3-9GJ4-H78GCGA-P5RM-XC4M-PFR9

Timeline

  1. 20-08-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 26-02-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

8 scores · 7 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

48.52%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

99%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+10.80 pp

From 37.71% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
48.52%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • MetasploitMetasploitremoteUnverified

    Elasticsearch ingest-attachment Apache Tika XFA XXE Local File Read

    auxiliary/scanner/http/elasticsearch_tika_xfa_xxe

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Chainguard59 products
  • apache-tika-2.9All versions (No fix recorded)
  • apache-tika-3.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • apache-tika-3.1All versions (No fix recorded)
  • apache-tika-fips-2.9All versions (No fix recorded)
  • apache-tika-fips-3.0All versions (No fix recorded)
Wolfi3 products
  • apache-tika-3.1All versions (No fix recorded)
  • opensearch-2< 2.19.4-r0
  • opensearch-3< 3.3.2-r0
Org.apache.tika2 products
  • tika-parser-pdf-module≥ 1.13, < 3.2.2
  • tika-parsers≥ 1.13, < 2.0.0-ALPHA
Apache1 product
  • tika≥ 1.13, < 3.2.2
Apache software foundation1 product
Debian1 product
  • tika< 1.22-2+deb11u1
Ubuntu1 product
  • tikaAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 1.22-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 | < 1.22-2+deb11u1build0.22.04.1

7 vendors · 68 products

References

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