Resource allocation without limits in Apache Tika
Priority MEDIUM 46CWE-770Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-770.
Summary
A carefully crafted or corrupt zip file can cause an OOM in Apache Tika's RecursiveParserWrapper in versions 1.7-1.21. Users should upgrade to 1.22 or later.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.0484 92nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed org.apache.tika:tika-core (Maven): 1.22
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 | 1.7 to 1.21 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | org.apache.tika:tika-core (Maven) | 1.7 to before 1.22 | 1.22 | Patch available | GHSA-mfwh-gqx8-c787 |
- Apache Tika VendorApache Affected 1.7 to 1.21 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- org.apache.tika:tika-core (Maven) Vendor— Affected 1.7 to before 1.22 Fixed in 1.22 Patch available GHSA-mfwh-gqx8-c787
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-mfwh-gqx8-c787 org.apache.tika:tika-core (Maven) Fixed in 1.22 Advisory →
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-10088
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mfwh-gqx8-c787
References
Other 14
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/1c63555609b737c20d1bbfa4a3e73ec488e3408a84e2f5e47e1b7e08%40%3Cdev.tika.apache.org%3E
- [tika-dev] 20190809 security fixes for CVE-2019-10088 and CVE-2019-1009{3,4}
- [tika-dev] 20190812 Re: security fixes for CVE-2019-10088 and CVE-2019-1009{3,4}
- [tika-dev] 20190813 Re: security fixes for CVE-2019-10088 and CVE-2019-1009{3,4}
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190828-0004/
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html
- [lucene-solr-user] 20200320 CVEs (vulnerabilities) that apply to Solr 8.4.1
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/1c63555609b737c20d1bbfa4a3e73ec488e3408a84e2f5e47e1b7e08@%3Cdev.tika.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/39723d8227b248781898c200aa24b154683673287b150a204b83787d@%3Cdev.tika.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/da9ee189d1756f8508d0f2386d8e25aca5a6df541739829232be8a94@%3Cdev.tika.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/fb6c84fd387de997e5e366d50b0ca331a328c466432c80f8c5eed33d@%3Cdev.tika.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r204ba2a9ea750f38d789d2bb429cc0925ad6133deea7cbc3001d96b5@%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190828-0004
More Apache Tika vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-40938 XML external entity injection in Apache Tika core CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2018-01236 From Apache Tika versions 1.7 to 1.17, clients could send carefully crafted headers to… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.1
- 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-2018-08418 XML external entity injection in Apache Tika CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2019-10088 · CVE Program
- CVE-2019-10088 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-mfwh-gqx8-c787 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2019-10088 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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