Detections
Analytics
SCA: security update for org.apache.tika:tika-parser-pdf-module, org.apache.tika:tika-parsers (GHSA-p72g-pv48-7w9x)
critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 435038
Description
There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:- Critical XXE in Apache Tika (tika-parser-pdf-module) in Apache Tika 1.13 through and including 3.2.1 on
all platforms allows an attacker to carry out XML External Entity injection via a crafted XFA file inside
of a PDF. An attacker may be able to read sensitive data or trigger malicious requests to internal
resources or third-party servers. Note that the tika-parser-pdf-module is used as a dependency in several
Tika packages including at least: tika-parsers-standard-modules, tika-parsers-standard-package, tika-app,
tika-grpc and tika-server-standard. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.2.2, which fixes this
issue. (CVE-2025-54988)
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Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 435038
Version: Revision 1.14
Type: Local
Family: SCA Checks
Published: 8/21/2025
Updated: 7/2/2026
Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 7.6
Percentile: 98.46
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Critical
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 10
Temporal Score: 7.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-54988
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.8
Temporal Score: 8.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS v4
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.3
Threat Score: 8.9
Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Vulnerability Information
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 8/20/2025
Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/20/2025
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2025-54988
cwe: CWE-611