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CVE-2026-66755

Apache Tika: Arbitrary Local File Read in ISArchiveParser

5.9 MediumFix available

Relative Path Traversal in the ISA-Tab parser in Apache Software Foundation Apache Tika from 1.8 through 3.3.1, and 4.0.0-alpha-1, allows an attacker who can place files in a directory that the application subsequently parses to read arbitrary files accessible to the Tika process and have their contents emitted into the extracted text output, via a "Study Assay File Name" value in the ISA-Tab investigation file that traverses outside the dataset directory. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.3.2 or 4.0.0-beta-1, which fixes this issue.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

0.63%Up 0.5 points since Jul 31, 2026
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 5.9

Apache Tika: Arbitrary Local File Read in ISArchiveParser

Relative Path Traversal in the ISA-Tab parser in Apache Software Foundation Apache Tika from 1.8 through 3.3.1, and 4.0.0-alpha-1, allows an attacker who can place files in a directory that the application subsequently parses to read arbitrary files accessible to the Tika process and have their contents emitted into the extracted text output, via a "Study Assay File Name" value in the ISA-Tab investigation file that traverses outside the dataset directory. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.3.2 or 4.0.0-beta-1, which fixes this issue.

Record
CVE-2026-66755
CVSS 4.0
5.9 MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/AU:N
Weakness
CWE-22
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-51277 5.9

Relative Path Traversal in the ISA-Tab parser in Apache Software Foundation Apache Tika from 1.8 through 3.3.1, and 4.0.0-alpha-1, allows an attacker who can place files in a directory that the application subsequently parses to read arbitrary files accessible to the Tika process and have their contents emitted into the extracted text output, via a "Study Assay File Name" value in the ISA-Tab investigation file that traverses outside the dataset directory. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.3.2 or 4.0.0-beta-1, which fixes this issue.

Record
EUVD-2026-51277
CVSS 4.0
5.9 MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/AU:N
Updated
2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-vrmh-37mg-28h3 5.9

Relative Path Traversal in the ISA-Tab parser in Apache Software Foundation Apache Tika from 1.8...

Relative Path Traversal in the ISA-Tab parser in Apache Software Foundation Apache Tika from 1.8 through 3.3.1, and 4.0.0-alpha-1, allows an attacker who can place files in a directory that the application subsequently parses to read arbitrary files accessible to the Tika process and have their contents emitted into the extracted text output, via a "Study Assay File Name" value in the ISA-Tab investigation file that traverses outside the dataset directory. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.3.2 or 4.0.0-beta-1, which fixes this issue.

Record
GHSA-vrmh-37mg-28h3
CVSS 4.0
5.9 MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:N/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-22
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD 5.9

Relative Path Traversal in the ISA-Tab parser in Apache Software Foundation Apache Tika from 1.8 through 3.3.1, and 4.0.0-alpha-1, allows an attacker who can place files in a directory that the application subsequently parses to read arbitrary files accessible to the Tika process and have their contents emitted into the extracted text output, via a "Study Assay File Name" value in the ISA-Tab investigation file that traverses outside the dataset directory. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.3.2 or 4.0.0-beta-1, which fixes this issue.

Record
CVE-2026-66755
CVSS 4.0
5.9 MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:N/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-22
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 5.9

Apache Tika: Arbitrary Local File Read in ISArchiveParser

Relative Path Traversal in the ISA-Tab parser in Apache Software Foundation Apache Tika from 1.8 through 3.3.1, and 4.0.0-alpha-1, allows an attacker who can place files in a directory that the application subsequently parses to read arbitrary files accessible to the Tika process and have their contents emitted into the extracted text output, via a "Study Assay File Name" value in the ISA-Tab investigation file that traverses outside the dataset directory. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.3.2 or 4.0.0-beta-1, which fixes this issue.

Record
CVE-2026-66755
CVSS 4.0
5.9 MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/AU:N
Weakness
CWE-22
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2026-66755 7.5

Relative Path Traversal in the ISA-Tab parser in Apache Software Foundation Apache Tika from 1.8 through 3.3.1, and 4.0.0-alpha-1, allows an attacker who can place files in a directory that the application subsequently parses to read arbitrary files accessible to the Tika process and have their contents emitted into the extracted text output, via a "Study Assay File Name" value in the ISA-Tab investigation file that traverses outside the dataset directory. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.3.2 or 4.0.0-beta-1, which fixes this issue.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2026-66755
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2026-66755 5.9

Relative Path Traversal in the ISA-Tab parser in Apache Software Foundation Apache Tika from 1.8 through 3.3.1, and 4.0.0-alpha-1, allows an attacker who can place files in a directory that the application subsequently parses to read arbitrary files accessible to the Tika process and have their contents emitted into the extracted text output, via a "Study Assay File Name" value in the ISA-Tab investigation file that traverses outside the dataset directory. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.3.2 or 4.0.0-beta-1, which fixes this issue.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2026-66755
CVSS 4.0
5.9 MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/AU:N
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-8717-1 No score

tika vulnerability

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.

Record
USN-8717-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
tika
Debian:11
All versions, plus listed versions
1.22-21.22-2+deb11u1
None known
tika
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS
before 1.22-1ubuntu0.1~esm3, plus listed versions
1.22-11.22-1ubuntu0.1~esm11.22-1ubuntu0.1~esm2
1.22-1ubuntu0.1~esm3
tika
Ubuntu:Pro:22.04:LTS
before 1.22-2+deb11u1ubuntu0.1~esm2, plus listed versions
1.22-21.22-2ubuntu0.22.04.1~esm11.22-2+deb11u1build0.22.04.11.22-2+deb11u1ubuntu0.1~esm1
1.22-2+deb11u1ubuntu0.1~esm2
tika
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
1.22-2
None known
tika
Ubuntu:26.10
All versions, plus listed versions
1.22-2
None known
tika
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
1.22-2
None known

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
first indexedCVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

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In short

CVE-2026-66755 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.9) in Apache Tika, published July 30, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.63%, the 50th percentile. Fixed in tika 1.22-1ubuntu0.1~esm3.

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