Apache Tika Takes a Tumble: Critical Vulnerability Opens the Door to XXE Chaos!
Apache Tika’s vulnerability, CVE-2025-66516, is a ticking time bomb, enabling XXE injection attacks. With a CVSS score of 10/10, it’s like a perfect storm for hackers. Exploited via crafted XFA files in PDFs, it can lead to data leaks, DoS, or even remote code execution. Patch it pronto, or face data doomsday!
Hot Take:
Looks like Apache Tika just got its “XXE” kicked by a vulnerability with a perfect 10/10 score. Who knew XML could be such an overachiever? It’s time for users to patch up before they get ‘tika-n’ advantage of by cyber baddies. Let’s hope this isn’t a case of ‘parse’ and retribution!
Key Points:
- Apache Tika has a critical vulnerability, CVE-2025-66516, with a perfect CVSS score of 10/10.
- The flaw allows for XML External Entity (XXE) injection attacks via crafted XFA files inside PDFs.
- Modules affected include tika-core, tika-pdf-module, and tika-parsers, across all platforms.
- The vulnerability can cause information leaks, SSRF attacks, DoS, or RCE.
- Patches are available in tika-core 3.2.2, tika-parser-pdf-module 3.2.2, and tika-parsers 2.0.0.
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