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org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox: vulnerability history, versions and safety

org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox is a package in the Maven ecosystem. Vulert records 8 vulnerabilities for it across 52 releases, from Oct 2018 to May 2022. Each vulnerability names the versions it affects, the fixed version to move to, and a workaround where no fix has been published.

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8 vulnerabilities recorded C1 H1 M6
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0 with no fix published

Every vulnerability has a patched version to move to.

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0 in the last 12 months

Nothing new recorded in the last year.

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0 malicious-package vulnerabilities

No published version shipped hostile code.

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Vulert verdict on org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox 3.0.8 i

Updated on 23 Oct 2026

Good news: 3.0.8, the version you would install today, has no known vulnerabilities. Older releases do — the table below lists all 8.

Package health score 68/100
  • Security Some issues to review
  • Maintenance Sustainable
  • Popularity Niche
  • Community Quiet

What to do: Stay on 3.0.8 or newer. This can change: a vulnerability disclosed tomorrow can affect 3.0.8 too — Vulert watches the package and alerts you if that happens. Monitor it with Vulert →

  • Current release 3.0.8 — unaffected i
  • Vulnerabilities on record 8 over 3 years · 0 in the last year i
  • Latest disclosure 13 May 2022 i
  • Highest CVSS 9.8 i
  • With no published fix 0 i
  • Depended on by 344 packages i
  • Stars 46 i
  • OpenSSF scorecard 3/10 i
  • Last release 3 months ago i
  • Licence Apache-2.0 i

Version list, release dates, licence and dependants published by Maven Central, refreshed 23 Oct 2026. Licence information is not legal advice.

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01 Versions

Which versions are affected

Every version Vulert tracks for org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox, newest first, with the vulnerabilities recorded against each one. A version showing none has no vulnerability in the Vulert database — open it for the full picture on that release.

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Version Released Vulert vulnerabilities Licence Fix published Details
2.0.37 12 Jul 2026 none Apache-2.0 — Details →
3.0.8 08 Jul 2026 none Apache-2.0 — Details →
2.0.36 12 Mar 2026 none Apache-2.0 — Details →
3.0.7 06 Mar 2026 none Apache-2.0 — Details →
0.8.0-incubator 04 Nov 2025 H1 — Yes Details →
3.0.6 13 Oct 2025 none Apache-2.0 — Details →
2.0.35 29 Sep 2025 none Apache-2.0 — Details →
3.0.5 28 Apr 2025 none Apache-2.0 — Details →
2.0.34 21 Apr 2025 none Apache-2.0 — Details →
3.0.4 20 Jan 2025 none Apache-2.0 — Details →
2.0.33 13 Jan 2025 none Apache-2.0 — Details →
3.0.3 05 Aug 2024 none Apache-2.0 — Details →
2.0.32 21 Jul 2024 none Apache-2.0 — Details →
2.0.31 21 Mar 2024 none Apache-2.0 — Details →
3.0.2 11 Mar 2024 none Apache-2.0 — Details →
3.0.1 27 Nov 2023 none Apache-2.0 — Details →
2.0.30 01 Nov 2023 none Apache-2.0 — Details →
3.0.0 14 Aug 2023 none Apache-2.0 — Details →
3.0.0-beta1 11 Jul 2023 none Apache-2.0 — Details →
2.0.29 28 Jun 2023 none Apache-2.0 — Details →
2.0.28 10 Apr 2023 none Apache-2.0 — Details →
2.0.27 26 Sep 2022 none Apache-2.0 — Details →
1.8.17 12 Sep 2022 none Apache-2.0 — Details →
3.0.0-alpha3 02 May 2022 none Apache-2.0 — Details →
2.0.26 18 Apr 2022 none Apache-2.0 — Details →
2.0.25 13 Dec 2021 none Apache-2.0 — Details →
3.0.0-alpha2 07 Sep 2021 none Apache-2.0 — Details →
2.0.24 07 Jun 2021 none Apache-2.0 — Details →
3.0.0-RC1 29 Mar 2021 none Apache-2.0 — Details →
2.0.23 15 Mar 2021 M2 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.0.22 16 Dec 2020 M4 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.0.21 17 Aug 2020 M4 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.0.20 04 Jun 2020 M4 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.0.19 20 Feb 2020 M4 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.0.18 20 Dec 2019 M4 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.0.17 17 Sep 2019 M4 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.0.16 24 Jun 2019 M4 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.0.15 08 Apr 2019 M4 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.0.14 25 Feb 2019 C1 M4 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.0.13 28 Nov 2018 M4 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
1.8.16 01 Oct 2018 none Apache-2.0 — Details →
2.0.12 01 Oct 2018 M4 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.0.11 25 Jun 2018 M4 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
1.8.15 25 Jun 2018 M1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.0.10 18 Jun 2018 M4 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
1.8.14 16 Apr 2018 M2 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.0.9 20 Mar 2018 M4 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.0.8 30 Oct 2017 M4 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.0.7 17 Jul 2017 M4 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.0.6 12 May 2017 M4 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.0.5 13 Mar 2017 M4 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.0.4 12 Dec 2016 M4 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
1.8.13 05 Dec 2016 M2 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.0.3 14 Sep 2016 M4 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.0.2 06 Jun 2016 M4 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.0.1 22 Apr 2016 M4 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
1.8.12 22 Apr 2016 M2 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.0.0 14 Mar 2016 M4 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
1.8.11 14 Jan 2016 H1 M2 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
2.0.0-RC3 11 Jan 2016 none Apache-2.0 — Details →
2.0.0-RC2 18 Nov 2015 none Apache-2.0 — Details →
2.0.0-RC1 15 Oct 2015 none Apache-2.0 — Details →
1.8.10 18 Jul 2015 H1 M2 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
1.8.9 24 Mar 2015 H1 M2 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
1.8.8 09 Dec 2014 H1 M2 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
1.8.7 15 Sep 2014 H1 M2 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
1.8.6 19 Jun 2014 H1 M2 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
1.8.5 28 Apr 2014 H1 M2 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
1.8.4 27 Jan 2014 H1 M2 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
1.8.3 25 Nov 2013 H1 M2 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
1.8.2 29 May 2013 H1 M2 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
1.8.1 07 Apr 2013 H1 M2 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
1.8.0 19 Mar 2013 H1 M2 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
1.7.1 17 Jul 2012 H1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
1.7.0 25 May 2012 H1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
1.6.0 28 Jun 2011 H1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
1.5.0 22 Feb 2011 H1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
1.4.0 17 Dec 2010 H1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
1.3.1 20 Oct 2010 H1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
1.2.1 09 Jul 2010 H1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
1.2.0 28 Jun 2010 H1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
1.1.0 29 Mar 2010 H1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
1.0.0 15 Feb 2010 H1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →
0.8.0-incubating 24 Sep 2009 H1 Apache-2.0 Yes Details →

All 84 versions Vulert tracks for this package. Severity counts are the vulnerabilities recorded against that exact release.

02 Disclosure history

How often vulnerabilities are recorded

  • 2018 2
  • 2019 1
  • 2021 4
  • 2022 1

Counted by the year Vulert recorded each vulnerability — the same date the table below shows as disclosed. 0 of the 8 were recorded in the last 12 months.

03 Vulnerabilities

Recorded vulnerabilities for org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox

The 5 most severe of 8 vulnerabilities recorded for this package

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Vulnerability Severity Fixed version ↓ Disclosed ↓
CVE-2019-0228: Vulnerability in org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox 9.8 critical 2.0.15 05 Jul 2019
CVE-2016-2175: XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox 7.8 high 1.8.12 17 Oct 2018
CVE-2018-8036: Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition in Apache PDFBox 6.5 medium 1.8.15 13 May 2022
CVE-2021-27807: Excessive Iteration Denial of Service in Apache PDFBox 5.5 medium 2.0.23 16 Jun 2021
CVE-2021-27906: Uncontrolled Memory Allocation in Apache PDFBox 5.5 medium 2.0.23 13 May 2021

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Questions

About org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox

Is org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox safe to use?

Vulert records 8 vulnerabilities for org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox in Maven: 1 critical, 1 high, 6 medium and 0 low. Every one of them has a published fix, so the practical answer is to run a supported release and keep it patched.

What is org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox's Vulert package health score?

Vulert scores org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox 68/100, which reads as usable, but worth attention. The score weighs the vulnerability record (40), maintenance and release cadence (25), adoption from dependents and stars (20) and community signals such as the OpenSSF scorecard and forks (15).

Is the latest version of org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox affected?

No. 3.0.8, the version you would install today, has no vulnerabilities on record against it. Earlier releases do — the version table above lists each release with what affects it.

Which version of org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox should I use?

3.0.8 is the version Vulert recommends for the affected releases. The version table above lists every release with the vulnerabilities recorded against it, so you can confirm the range you actually run.

How many vulnerabilities does org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox have?

8 vulnerabilities are recorded for org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox in the Maven ecosystem: 1 critical, 1 high, 6 medium and 0 low. The ledger on this page lists the same counts next to the date of the most recent disclosure.

How often are new org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox vulnerabilities disclosed?

0 vulnerabilities were recorded for org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox in the last 12 months, and the oldest entry in this database dates to 17 Oct 2018. Recency matters more than a lifetime total: it shows how actively new issues are being disclosed for the package you are considering.

Which versions of org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox are affected?

Each vulnerability on this page lists the affected version range and the fixed version to move to. Open the vulnerability for the version you actually run — fixes are specific to a release line, not to the package as a whole.

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