CVE-2022-30126 Apache Tika Regular Expression Denial of Service in Standards Extractor
Attackers can cause denial of service via specially crafted files in Apache Tika when using the non-standard StandardsExtractingContentHandler.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2022-30126?
CVE-2022-30126 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Oracle Primavera Unifier, published on 16 May 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
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
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-30126?
4 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.apache.tika:tika-core. It affects 2 products.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
org.apache.tika:tika-core Maven | From 1.17 | 1.28.2 |
org.apache.tika:tika-core Maven | From 1.17 | 1.28.2 |
org.apache.tika:tika-core Maven | From 2.0.0 | 2.4.0 |
org.apache.tika:tika-core Maven | From 2.0.0 | 2.4.0 |
Products include Apache Tika, Oracle Primavera Unifier.
How do I fix CVE-2022-30126?
Upgrade org.apache.tika:tika-core to a fixed version for your release line: 1.28.2 or 2.4.0.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2022-30126 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-30126 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Oracle Primavera Unifier
- CVE-2019-10088 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Apache Tika
- CVE-2025-66516 Apache Tika has XXE vulnerability
- CVE-2025-54988 Apache Tika PDF parser module: XXE vulnerability in PDFParser's handling of XFA
- CVE-2018-1335 Command injection in org.apache.tika:tika-core
- CVE-2019-10094 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Apache Tika
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-30126, GHSA-rpjm-422r-95mh, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-30126.