CVE-2025-54988: Apache Tika XXE Vulnerability via Crafted XFA File Inside a PDF

Quick answers

Is CVE-2025-54988 exploited in the wild?

No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-54988 being exploited in the wild.

How severe is CVE-2025-54988?

Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 20 August 2025.

Which products and versions are affected?

org.apache.tika:tika-parser-pdf-module (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=1.13,fixed=3.2.2; org.apache.tika:tika-parsers (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=1.13,fixed=2.0.0-ALPHA.

Is there a fix for CVE-2025-54988?

Yes. org.apache.tika:tika-parser-pdf-module (Maven): upgrade to 3.2.2 or later; org.apache.tika:tika-parsers (Maven): upgrade to 2.0.0-ALPHA or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

Am I affected by CVE-2025-54988?

Check whether you run org.apache.tika:tika-parser-pdf-module (Maven) or org.apache.tika:tika-parsers (Maven) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

• org.apache.tika:tika-parser-pdf-module (Maven): upgrade to 3.2.2 or later

  # set org.apache.tika:tika-parser-pdf-module to 3.2.2 in your pom.xml or build.gradle

• org.apache.tika:tika-parsers (Maven): upgrade to 2.0.0-ALPHA or later

  # set org.apache.tika:tika-parsers to 2.0.0-ALPHA in your pom.xml or build.gradle

Affected products

• org.apache.tika:tika-parser-pdf-module (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=1.13,fixed=3.2.2
• org.apache.tika:tika-parsers (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=1.13,fixed=2.0.0-ALPHA

Identifiers

• CVE-2025-54988
• GHSA-p72g-pv48-7w9x