CVE-2025-66516
Apache Software Foundation Apache Tika core: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
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- CVSS 8.4 High
What it is
ReportedCritical XXE in Apache Tika tika-core (1.13-3.2.1), tika-pdf-module (2.0.0-3.2.1) and tika-parsers (1.13-1.28.5) modules on all platforms allows an attacker to carry out XML External Entity injection via a crafted XFA file inside of a PDF. This CVE covers the same vulnerability as in CVE-2025-54988. However, this CVE expands the scope of affected packages in two ways. First, while the entrypoint for the vulnerability was the tika-parser-pdf-module as reported in CVE-2025-54988, the vulnerability and its fix were in tika-core.…
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What is affected
ReportedApache Software Foundation; Apache Tika core. Product-level identification only; no affected-version conclusion is available from this field.
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What to do
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Apache Tika - XML External Entity Injection. Check identifier: CVE-2025-66516.
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