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CVE-2022-30973

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-30973 is a denial-of-service vulnerability in Apache Tika, specifically affecting versions 1.x up to 1.28.2. It stems from a regular expression backtracking issue in the StandardsText class, which is only triggered when using the non-standard StandardsExtractingContentHandler. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and leading to high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.28.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tika:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.88%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
77.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0188 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 5,765 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.tika:tika-coreFixed in: 1.28.3
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHINT Camel-K 1.8.1Fixed in: tika-core
View patch
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Fuse 7Fixed in: tika-core
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Integration Camel Quarkus 1Fixed in: tika-core

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-qw3f-w4pf-jh5fmedium

Regular expression denial of service in apache tika

Jun 1, 2022
redhatCVE-2022-30973Low

tika-core: incomplete fix for CVE-2022-30126

May 31, 2022

References

lists.apache.org / thread/gqvb5t4p7tmdpl0y5bdbf72pgxj04h7p
Mailing ListVendor Advisory
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20220722-0004
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2022/05/31/2
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2022/06/27/5
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory