Apache Tika before 1.14 allows Java code execution for serialized objects embedded in…
Priority MEDIUM 53CWE-502Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 1 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-502.
Summary
Apache Tika before 1.14 allows Java code execution for serialized objects embedded in MATLAB files. The issue exists because Tika invokes JMatIO to do native deserialization.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.08025 94th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial org.apache.tika:tika-core (Maven): 1.14Red Hat: 1 without a fix
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | org.apache.tika:tika-core (Maven) | before 1.14 | 1.14 | Patch available | GHSA-j8g6-2wh7-6439 |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- org.apache.tika:tika-core (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 1.14 Fixed in 1.14 Patch available GHSA-j8g6-2wh7-6439
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-j8g6-2wh7-6439 org.apache.tika:tika-core (Maven) Fixed in 1.14 Advisory →
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Software Collections | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-6809
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-j8g6-2wh7-6439
References
Advisory 4
Other 12
- [lucene-dev] 20190325 Re: 6.6.6 Release
- [nutch-dev] 20191014 [SECURITY] Nutch 2.3.1 affected by downstream dependency CVE-2016-6809
- [nutch-user] 20191014 [SECURITY] Nutch 2.3.1 affected by downstream dependency CVE-2016-6809
- [lucene-issues] 20200815 [jira] [Commented] (SOLR-11486) CVE-2016-6809: Upgrade TIKA
- [lucene-issues] 20200816 [jira] [Issue Comment Deleted] (SOLR-11486) CVE-2016-6809: Upgrade TIKA
- https://github.com/apache/tika/commit/8a68b5d474205cc91cbbb610d4a1c05af57f0610
- https://github.com/apache/tika
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/91eb639ef619b9a26b40020ca6732e7dbe457f7322ed5f1df49e411a@%3Cdev.nutch.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/d2375da29d89e679abf5d845db76d6f798fdc6f7d44f2c788e8a0fb9@%3Cuser.nutch.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/e414754a6c57ce7194b731e211cd6b2cbb41f2c7000e3fb9c6b6ec78@%3Cdev.lucene.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2f6f6c130b12b7332f323f74d031072b1517065ce28a22346791ffb6@%3Cissues.lucene.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfd3646bb724b66b1a9ddef69e692da2b7a727a8799551c78eedf0a0f@%3Cissues.lucene.apache.org%3E
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Sources
- CVE-2016-6809 · CVE Program
- CVE-2016-6809 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-j8g6-2wh7-6439 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2016-6809 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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