Apache Tika PDF parser module: XXE vulnerability in PDFParser’s handling of XFA_CVE-2025-54988

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    "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.\n\nUsers are recommended to upgrade to version 3.2.2, which fixes this issue.",
    "published": "2025-08-20T20:08:49.481Z",
    "modified": "2025-08-21T14:48:43.393Z",
    "type": "cve",
    "title": "Apache Tika PDF parser module: XXE vulnerability in PDFParser's handling of XFA",
    "source": "apache",
    "references": "https://lists.apache.org/thread/8xn3rqy6kz5b3l1t83kcofkw0w4mmj1w",
    "id": "CVE-2025-54988",
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    "sourceData": "Apache Software Foundation Apache Tika PDF parser module 1.13",
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        "vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
        "version": "3.1"
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    "product": "Apache Tika PDF parser module",
    "version": "1.13",
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