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.
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.
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.