{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2025-54988","details":"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.","modified":"2026-01-20T20:05:14.893532Z","published":"2025-08-20T20:15:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2025-54988"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-54988"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-54988"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/08/20/3"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/apache/tika/commit/bfee6d5569fe9197c4ea947a96e212825184ca33"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread/8xn3rqy6kz5b3l1t83kcofkw0w4mmj1w"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"tika","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/tika@1.5-4ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1.5-2","1.5-3","1.5-4","1.5-4ubuntu0.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"1.5-4ubuntu0.1","binary_name":"libtika-java"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-54988.json"}},{"package":{"name":"tika","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/tika@1.5-5?arch=source&distro=bionic"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1.5-5"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"1.5-5","binary_name":"libtika-java"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-54988.json"}},{"package":{"name":"tika","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/tika@1.22-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/focal"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1.22-1","1.22-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"1.22-1ubuntu0.1~esm1","binary_name":"libtika-java"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-54988.json"}},{"package":{"name":"tika","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:22.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/tika@1.22-2ubuntu0.22.04.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/jammy"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1.22-2","1.22-2ubuntu0.22.04.1~esm1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"1.22-2ubuntu0.22.04.1~esm1","binary_name":"libtika-java"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-54988.json"}},{"package":{"name":"tika","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:24.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/tika@1.22-2?arch=source&distro=noble"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1.22-2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"1.22-2","binary_name":"libtika-java"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-54988.json"}},{"package":{"name":"tika","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:25.10","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/tika@1.22-2?arch=source&distro=questing"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1.22-2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"1.22-2","binary_name":"libtika-java"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-54988.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}