Check Point Advisories

Apache Tika PDF Parser Module XML External Entity Injection (CVE-2025-54988)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2025-18332
Date Published: 27 Aug 2026
Severity: High
Last Updated: Thursday 27 August, 2026
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2025-54988
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable? Apache Tika 1.13 and later, prior to 3.2.2
Vulnerability Description A XML external entity injection vulnerability in Apache Tika PDF Parser Module allows an attacker to carry out XML External Entity injection via a crafted XFA file inside of a PDF. An attacker may be able to read sensitive data or trigger malicious requests to internal resources or third-party servers.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Apache Tika PDF Parser Module XML External Entity Injection (CVE-2025-54988) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  Apache Server Protection Violation.
Attack Information:  Apache Tika PDF Parser Module XML External Entity Injection (CVE-2025-54988)

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