CVE-2025-31672
Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Apache POI.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.33%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Apache POI. The issue affects the parsing of OOXML format files like xlsx, docx and pptx. These file formats are basically zip files and it is possible for malicious users to add zip entries with duplicate names (including the path) in the zip. In this case, products reading the affected file could read different data because 1 of the zip entries with the duplicate name is selected over another but different products may choose a different zip entry. This issue affects Apache POI poi-ooxml before 5.4.0. poi-ooxml 5.4.0 has a check that throws an exception if zip entries with duplicate file names are found in the input file. Users are recommended to upgrade to version poi-ooxml 5.4.0, which fixes the issue. Please read https://poi.apache.org/security.html for recommendations about how to use the POI libraries securely.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.33% probability · 69th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- apache/poi · netapp/active iq unified manager
- Source
- security@apache.org
References
- https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=69620Permissions Required
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/k14w8vcjqy4h34hh5kzldko78kpylkq5Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/04/08/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250523-0004/Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.