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Infinite Loop in Apache TikaGHSA-3264-3fm9-fg44

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GHSA-3264-3fm9-fg44 is a medium-severity (CVSS 5.5) CWE-835 vulnerability in org.apache.tika:tika. A fix is available for org.apache.tika:tika — see the affected versions and patch details below.

Also known asCVE-2020-1951
Published
Updated
Affected
1 pkg
Patched
1 / 1
Exploits
None indexed
Exploitation data as of Oct 31, 2026 · OSV.dev, NVD, FIRST.org (EPSS)

EPSS Exploitation Probability

via FIRST.org ↗
2.9%probability of exploitation in next 30 days
Lower Risk0.00%
Lower risk than most CVEs87th percentile — riskier than 87% of all scored CVEsHighest risk
0.00%1.24%2.48%3.71%0.2%2.9%May 26Aug 26Oct 26

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.

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Where this sits among everything scored

Real-World Exposure

1 pkg affected
☕org.apache.tika:tika

Real-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Maven packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.

Description

A carefully crafted or corrupt PSD file can cause an infinite loop in Apache Tika's PSDParser in versions 1.0-1.23.

Affected Packages

1 total 1 fixed
EcosystemPackageVulnerable rangeFix
☕Mavenorg.apache.tika:tika≥ 1.0&&< 1.241.24org.apache.tika:tika:1.24

Affected Products

6 products · 9 configurations
Application
tikaapache
≥ 1.0 && ≤ 1.23
range
OS
ubuntu linuxcanonical
1 version
16.04
OS
debian linuxdebian
1 version
8.0
Application
business process management suiteoracle
2 versions
12.2.1.3.012.2.1.4.0
Application
communications messaging serveroracle
2 versions
8.0.28.1
Application
flexcube private bankingoracle
2 versions
12.0.012.1.0

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency

  1. Detect

    Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for org.apache.tika:tika, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.

  2. Fix

    Update org.apache.tika:tika to 1.24 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-3264-3fm9-fg44 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.

  3. Workarounds

    Cap what an attacker can consume: apply request size, rate and timeout limits in front of the affected component, and run it with memory and CPU limits so exhaustion degrades one worker rather than the whole service.

Fixing This On Your OS

If you run this on a Linux distribution, patch through your package manager against the distro's own security advisory below — it tracks the exact backported fix for your release, which can ship on a different timeline (and sometimes a different severity) than the upstream project.

UbuntuMEDIUM
USN-4564-1UbuntuUSN-7529-1Ubuntu

Frequently Asked Questions

A carefully crafted or corrupt PSD file can cause an infinite loop in Apache Tika's PSDParser in versions 1.0-1.23.
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Infinite Loop in Apache Tika (Medium 5.5)