CVE-2022-30973 — We failed to apply the fix for CVE-2022-30126 to the 1

We failed to apply the fix for CVE-2022-30126 to the 1.x branch in the 1.28.2 release. In Apache Tika, a regular expression in the StandardsText class, used by the StandardsExtractingContentHandler could lead to a denial of service caused by backtracking on a specially crafted fi

01What is this vulnerability?

We failed to apply the fix for CVE-2022-30126 to the 1.x branch in the 1.28.2 release. In Apache Tika, a regular expression in the StandardsText class, used by the StandardsExtractingContentHandler could lead to a denial of service caused by backtracking on a specially crafted file. This only affects users who are running the StandardsExtractingContentHandler, which is a non-standard handler…

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apache Software Foundation	Apache Tika	Apache Tika

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

08Timeline

• Published: 2022-05-31T13:20:10.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-03T07:03:40.228Z

09References

• lists.apache.org — https://lists.apache.org/thread/gqvb5t4p7tmdpl0y5bdbf72pgxj04h7p
• www.openwall.com — http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/05/31/2
• www.openwall.com — http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/06/27/5
• security.netapp.com — https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220722-0004/