Description
In Apache Tika 0.9 to 1.18, in a rare edge case where a user does not specify an extract directory on the commandline (--extract-dir=) and the input file has an embedded file with an absolute path, such as "C:/evil.bat", tika-app would overwrite that file.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apache Software Foundation | Apache Tika | 0.9 to 1.18 | — |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 11 | tika | 1.20-1 | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 26.10 | tika | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | tika | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 25.10 | tika | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | tika | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | tika | No fix yet | — |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | org.apache.tika:tika-core | >= 0.9, < 1.19 | 1.19 | GHSA-w6g3-v46q-5p28 |
References
- 105515 vdb-entry
- [tika-dev] 20180919 [CVE-2018-11762] Zip Slip Vulnerability in Apache Tika's tika-app mailing-list