CVE-2018-1335
From Apache Tika versions 1.7 to 1.17, clients could send carefully crafted headers to tika-server that could be used to inject commands…
- 8.1HighCVSS base score
- 93.6%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.2% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 4Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
From Apache Tika versions 1.7 to 1.17, clients could send carefully crafted headers to tika-server that could be used to inject commands into the command line of the server running tika-server. This vulnerability only affects those running tika-server on a server that is open to untrusted clients. The mitigation is to upgrade to Tika 1.18.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module, a Nuclei template and 2 Exploit-DB entries for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits5
Metasploit modules1 module
- Apache Tika Header Command Injection (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/http/apache_tika_jp2_jscriptRank excellentdisclosed 25 Apr 2018
Nuclei templates1 template
- Apache Tika < 1.1.8 - Header Command Injection (Nuclei template) (opens in a new tab)
http/cves/2018/CVE-2018-1335.yamlSeverity high
Exploit-DB2 entries
- Apache Tika 1.15 - 1.17 - Header Command Injection (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 47208remote, windowspublished 5 Aug 2019Verified
- Apache Tika-server < 1.18 - Command Injection (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 46540remote, windowspublished 13 Mar 2019Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 46540 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
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By apache
- 5 months later
· 5 months later
Published
- 6 years later
· 6 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High8.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 93.6% · top 0.2% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.1.
Affected products
Apache Software Foundation · Apache Tika
- affected 1.7 to 1.17
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.apache.tika:tika-coreGHSA-9r24-gp44-h3pm (opens in a new tab)
References
5
- [dev] 20180425 [CVE-2018-1335] Command Injection Vulnerability in Apache Tika's tika-server module (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 104001 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 46540 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153864/Apache-Tika-1.17-Header-Command-Injection.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- RHSA-2019:3140 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2018-0566 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-9r24-gp44-h3pm (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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