CVE-2018-11761

tika: XML entity expansion vulnerability due to lack of limit configuration

Published Sep 19, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 7.5 High EPSS 9.5% KEV · Not listed
Description
In Apache Tika 0.1 to 1.18, the XML parsers were not configured to limit entity expansion. They were therefore vulnerable to an entity expansion vulnerability which can lead to a denial of service attack.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-6jq2-789q-fff2 High severity vulnerability that affects org.apache.tika:tika-core
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
apache
Published
Updated
Sep 16, 2024, 6:39 PM
Reserved
Jun 5, 2018, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Sep 19, 2018, 2:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:36 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Sep 19, 2018, 12:00 AM