Vulnerability in Apache Tika

CVE-2022-30126

In Apache Tika, a regular expression in our StandardsText class, used by the StandardsExtractingContentHandler could lead to a denial of service caused by backtracking on a specially crafted file. This only affects users who are running the StandardsExtractingContentHandler, which is a non-standard handler. This is fixed in 1.28.2 and 2.4.0

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CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.026 (85.1th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 85th percentile — 85.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2022-30126: held from 0.026 to 0.026.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.026 · newest: 0.026 · change: -0.000

Affected products

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-30126?
CVE-2022-30126 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Tika. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-05-16.
How severe is CVE-2022-30126?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-30126 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.