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USN-8717-1: Apache Tika vulnerability

USN-8717-1: Apache Tika vulnerability

Ubuntu • September 3, 2026

It was discovered that Apache Tika's ISA-Tab parser incorrectly handled file path resolution. An attacker who could place files in a directory that Tika subsequently parses could use this issue to read arbitrary files accessible to the Tika process and have their contents emitted into the extracted text output.

It was discovered that Apache Tika's ISA-Tab parser incorrectly handled file path resolution. An attacker who could place files in a directory that Tika subsequently parses could use this issue to read arbitrary files accessible to the Tika process and have their contents emitted into the extracted text output.

It was discovered that Apache Tika's ISA-Tab parser incorrectly handled file path resolution. An attacker who could place files in a directory that Tika subsequently parses could use this issue to read arbitrary files accessible to the Tika process and have their contents emitted into the extracted text output.

It was discovered that Apache Tika's ISA-Tab parser incorrectly handled file path resolution. An attacker who could place files in a directory that Tika subsequently parses could use this issue to read arbitrary files accessible to the Tika process and have their contents emitted into the extracted text output.

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

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Attack Types (1)

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