Critical XXE Bug CVE-2025-66516 (CVSS 10.0) Hits Apache Tika, Requires Urgent Patch

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December 5, 2025 at 4:23 PM

Summary

A critical security vulnerability, CVE-2025-66516, has been identified in Apache Tika, posing a risk of XML external entity (XXE) injection attacks. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this flaw affects multiple modules and requires urgent attention from users to prevent exploitation.

Original Article Summary

A critical security flaw has been disclosed in Apache Tika that could result in an XML external entity (XXE) injection attack. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-66516, is rated 10.0 on the CVSS scoring scale, indicating maximum severity. "Critical 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

Impact

Affected products include Apache Tika tika-core (versions 1.13-3.2.1), tika-pdf-module (versions 2.0.0-3.2.1), and tika-parsers (versions 1.13-1.28.5) across all platforms.

In the Wild

Unknown

Timeline

Newly disclosed

Remediation

Users are advised to apply the latest patches for the affected modules: tika-core (1.13-3.2.1), tika-pdf-module (2.0.0-3.2.1), and tika-parsers (1.13-1.28.5) to mitigate the vulnerability.

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