[UPDATE] [high] Apache Tika: Vulnerability allows information gain or manipulation

highCVE-2025-54988 CVE-2025-66516

A remote anonymous attacker can exploit a vulnerability in Apache Tika to read sensitive data or trigger malicious requests to internal resources or third-party servers.

CSIRTS triage

vendor: Apache product: Tika Information disclosure Server-side request forgery

What: A remote anonymous attacker can read sensitive data or trigger malicious requests to internal or third-party resources.
Who is affected: All Apache Tika deployments accepting untrusted input are affected.
Urgency: High priority; information disclosure and server-side request forgery pose significant risk to confidentiality and internal systems.
Action: Update Apache Tika to patch versions addressing CVE-2025-54988 and CVE-2025-66516.

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Details

Source: CERT-Bund (BSI) Security Advisories (DE · national-cert · site)
Severity: high
Published: 2026-08-11
Exploitation: Not in CISA KEV at last sync
Language: Machine-translated to English — verify against the original

Original advisory: https://wid.cert-bund.de/portal/wid/securityadvisory?name=WID-SEC-2025-1883

Exploitation outlook

EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.

Moderate exploitation riskCVE-2025-549889.1% 30-day exploitation probability. Patch within normal cadence, watch for KEV listing. Riskier than 95% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Exploitation likely imminentCVE-2025-66516EPSS puts this in the most-targeted tier (78.8% 30-day exploitation probability). Prioritize alongside KEV items. Riskier than 99.6% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.

Referenced CVEs

CVE	CSIRTS overview	External
CVE-2025-54988	coverage & exploitation status	NVD · CVE.org
CVE-2025-66516	coverage & exploitation status	NVD · CVE.org

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