Path traversal in Apache Tika
Priority LOW 35CWE-22Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · None
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 5 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat.
Summary
In Apache Tika 0.9 to 1.18, in a rare edge case where a user does not specify an extract directory on the commandline (--extract-dir=) and the input file has an embedded file with an absolute path, such as "C:/evil.bat", tika-app would overwrite that file.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.05449 92nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial org.apache.tika:tika-core (Maven): 1.19Red Hat: 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apache | Apache Tika | 0.9 to 1.18 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | org.apache.tika:tika-core (Maven) | 0.9 to before 1.19 | 1.19 | Patch available | GHSA-w6g3-v46q-5p28 |
- Apache Tika VendorApache Affected 0.9 to 1.18 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- org.apache.tika:tika-core (Maven) Vendor— Affected 0.9 to before 1.19 Fixed in 1.19 Patch available GHSA-w6g3-v46q-5p28
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-w6g3-v46q-5p28 org.apache.tika:tika-core (Maven) Fixed in 1.19 Advisory →
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat BPM Suite 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss Fuse Integration Service 2 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
Not affected: 4 products
- Red Hat Fuse 7
- Red Hat JBoss BRMS 5
- Red Hat Satellite 5
- Red Hat Software Collections
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-11762
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-w6g3-v46q-5p28
References
Advisory 2
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- TI-2025-34694 Apache Tika PDF parser module: XXE vulnerability in PDFParser's handling of XFA CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2016-05850 Apache Tika before 1.14 allows Java code execution for serialized objects embedded in… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2021-13169 An XXE issue in SAXBuilder in JDOM through 2.0.6 allows attackers to cause a denial of… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2019-07413 Resource allocation without limits in Apache Tika CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2018-11762 · CVE Program
- CVE-2018-11762 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-w6g3-v46q-5p28 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2018-11762 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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