UBUNTU-CVE-2025-54988

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-54988
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-54988.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-54988
Upstream
Published
2025-08-20T20:15:00Z
Modified
2025-09-04T17:38:08Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • 8.4 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / tika

Package

Name
tika
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/tika@1.5-4ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.5-2
1.5-3
1.5-4
1.5-4ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / tika

Package

Name
tika
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/tika@1.5-5?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.5-5

Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS / tika

Package

Name
tika
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/tika@1.22-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.22-1
1.22-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / tika

Package

Name
tika
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/tika@1.22-2?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.22-2

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS / tika

Package

Name
tika
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/tika@1.22-2?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.22-2

Ubuntu:25.04 / tika

Package

Name
tika
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/tika@1.22-2?arch=source&distro=plucky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.22-2