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CVE-2022-33879

13
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-33879 is a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) vulnerability affecting Apache Tika, specifically within the StandardsExtractingContentHandler component. This flaw, a new regex DoS separate from previous fixes, allows an attacker to trigger a denial of service. With a CVSS score of 3.3 (Low), it requires local access and user interaction, leading to a low impact on availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.28.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tika:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.0.0, < 2.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tika:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

3.3LOW

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.91%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
77.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0191 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 577 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.0 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 (2)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.tika:tikaFixed in: 1.28.4
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.tika:tikaFixed in: 2.4.1

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-6q8v-2hvm-fx37low

Apache Tika contains incomplete fix for regex DoS

Jun 28, 2022

References

lists.apache.org / thread/wfno8mf5nlcvbs78z93q9thgrm30wwfh
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20220812-0004
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2022/06/27/5
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory