CVE-2026-66756: CWE-424 Improper Protection of Alternate Path in Apache Software Foundation Apache Tika
Improper Protection of Alternate Path vulnerability in Apache Tika. This issue affects Apache Tika: from 4.0.0-alpha-1 before 4.0.0-beta-1. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 4.0.0-beta-1, which fixes the issue.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2026-66756 describes a CWE-424 improper protection of alternate path vulnerability in Apache Tika. The affected version is 4.0.0-alpha-1. The vulnerability is resolved in version 4.0.0-beta-1. The CVSS 4.0 score is 6.9 (medium severity), indicating a network attack vector with low complexity and no privileges or user interaction required, but with low to limited impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability could allow an attacker to exploit improper protection of alternate paths, potentially leading to unauthorized access or manipulation of files or data processed by Apache Tika. The impact is rated medium severity with limited confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact.
Mitigation Recommendations
Users should upgrade Apache Tika from version 4.0.0-alpha-1 to version 4.0.0-beta-1 or later, where the vulnerability is fixed. No other mitigation or temporary workaround is indicated.
CVE-2026-66756: CWE-424 Improper Protection of Alternate Path in Apache Software Foundation Apache Tika
Description
Improper Protection of Alternate Path vulnerability in Apache Tika. This issue affects Apache Tika: from 4.0.0-alpha-1 before 4.0.0-beta-1. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 4.0.0-beta-1, which fixes the issue.
CVSS v4.0
Score 6.9medium
Affected software
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Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-66756 describes a CWE-424 improper protection of alternate path vulnerability in Apache Tika. The affected version is 4.0.0-alpha-1. The vulnerability is resolved in version 4.0.0-beta-1. The CVSS 4.0 score is 6.9 (medium severity), indicating a network attack vector with low complexity and no privileges or user interaction required, but with low to limited impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability could allow an attacker to exploit improper protection of alternate paths, potentially leading to unauthorized access or manipulation of files or data processed by Apache Tika. The impact is rated medium severity with limited confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact.
Mitigation Recommendations
Users should upgrade Apache Tika from version 4.0.0-alpha-1 to version 4.0.0-beta-1 or later, where the vulnerability is fixed. No other mitigation or temporary workaround is indicated.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- apache
- Date Reserved
- 2026-07-27T17:13:07.869Z
- Cvss Version
- 4.0
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a6ba8439c2644c7f892a6d4
Added to database: 07/30/2026, 19:38:43 UTC
Last enriched: 07/30/2026, 19:54:06 UTC
Last updated: 07/30/2026, 20:20:54 UTC
Views: 7
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