diff --git a/modules/perc-security-utils/src/main/java/com/percussion/security/io/PSTikaCap.java b/modules/perc-security-utils/src/main/java/com/percussion/security/io/PSTikaCap.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c215b4e98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/perc-security-utils/src/main/java/com/percussion/security/io/PSTikaCap.java
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 1999-2026 Percussion Software, Inc.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package com.percussion.security.io;
+
+import java.io.FilterInputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+
+/**
+ * Caps the number of bytes readable from an {@link InputStream} and returns EOF once the cap is
+ * reached. Used to defend the project's Tika 2.9.x call sites against resource-exhaustion attacks
+ * (15 CVEs in commons-tika 2.9.x; the library is the latest Java 1.8-compatible line and the CVEs
+ * are mostly DoS / zip-bomb style in the parser tree).
+ *
+ * <p>Unlike {@link java.io.InputStream#mark} / reset, this is a hard cap with no possibility of the
+ * wrapped stream returning more bytes. Tika's parsers handle the EOF gracefully (they get a short
+ * result rather than OOM or hang).
+ *
+ * <p>The default cap is 100 MB. The cap is overridable per JVM via the system property {@code
+ * PSARCHIVE_MAX_TIKA_INPUT_BYTES} (same naming convention as the other caps).
+ *
+ * @see <a href="https://tika.apache.org/security.html">Tika 2.9.x security advisories</a>
+ */
+public final class PSTikaCap {
+
+  /** Default cap: 100 MB. */
+  public static final long DEFAULT_MAX_BYTES = 100L << 20;
+
+  private static final long MAX_BYTES =
+      readLongProp("PSARCHIVE_MAX_TIKA_INPUT_BYTES", DEFAULT_MAX_BYTES);
+
+  /**
+   * Wrap the given input stream with a hard byte cap. Use in a try-with-resources.
+   *
+   * @param in the source stream
+   * @return a stream that returns EOF after {@link #MAX_BYTES} bytes have been read
+   */
+  public static InputStream truncate(InputStream in) {
+    if (in == null) throw new IllegalArgumentException("input stream is null");
+    return new BoundedInputStream(in, MAX_BYTES);
+  }
+
+  private static long readLongProp(String name, long def) {
+    String v = System.getProperty(name);
+    if (v == null || v.isEmpty()) return def;
+    try {
+      return Long.parseLong(v.trim());
+    } catch (NumberFormatException nfe) {
+      return def;
+    }
+  }
+
+  private static final class BoundedInputStream extends FilterInputStream {
+    private final long maxBytes;
+    private long bytesRead;
+
+    BoundedInputStream(InputStream in, long maxBytes) {
+      super(in);
+      this.maxBytes = maxBytes;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int read() throws IOException {
+      if (bytesRead >= maxBytes) return -1;
+      int b = super.read();
+      if (b != -1) bytesRead++;
+      return b;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int read(byte[] b, int off, int len) throws IOException {
+      if (bytesRead >= maxBytes) return -1;
+      int allowed = (int) Math.min(len, maxBytes - bytesRead);
+      int n = super.read(b, off, allowed);
+      if (n > 0) bytesRead += n;
+      return n;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public long skip(long n) throws IOException {
+      long allowed = Math.min(n, maxBytes - bytesRead);
+      long skipped = super.skip(allowed);
+      if (skipped > 0) bytesRead += skipped;
+      return skipped;
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/system/services/src/com/percussion/services/filestorage/impl/PSDbStorageService.java b/system/services/src/com/percussion/services/filestorage/impl/PSDbStorageService.java
index 3f45c1156..f6874c58d 100644
--- a/system/services/src/com/percussion/services/filestorage/impl/PSDbStorageService.java
+++ b/system/services/src/com/percussion/services/filestorage/impl/PSDbStorageService.java
@@ -449,7 +449,10 @@ private PSMeta getMetaData(File file, PSMeta meta)
       {
          // If we use a file in TikaInputStream the processing is done directly from this file otherwise
          // the contents are streamed to memory.
-         is = TikaInputStream.get(file);
+         // T2.1 hardening (issue #92): cap the Tika input at PSTikaCap.MAX_BYTES
+         // (default 100 MB) to limit exposure to commons-tika 2.9.x CVEs. Tika handles
+         // the EOF gracefully (returns a short parsed result rather than OOM).
+         is = TikaInputStream.get(com.percussion.security.io.PSTikaCap.truncate(new java.io.FileInputStream(file)));
          try
          {
             parser.parse(is, new DefaultHandler(), tikaMeta, context);
diff --git a/system/src/main/java/com/percussion/search/lucene/textconverter/PSTikaTextConvertor.java b/system/src/main/java/com/percussion/search/lucene/textconverter/PSTikaTextConvertor.java
index 21232a3f9..729a32718 100644
--- a/system/src/main/java/com/percussion/search/lucene/textconverter/PSTikaTextConvertor.java
+++ b/system/src/main/java/com/percussion/search/lucene/textconverter/PSTikaTextConvertor.java
@@ -134,7 +134,8 @@ public String getConvertedText(InputStream is, String mimetype)
     WriteOutContentHandler handler = new WriteOutContentHandler(writeLimit);
     BodyContentHandler bodyhandler = new BodyContentHandler(handler);
 
-    try (TikaInputStream tis = TikaInputStream.get(is)) {
+    try (TikaInputStream tis =
+        TikaInputStream.get(com.percussion.security.io.PSTikaCap.truncate(is))) {
       // getFile() Forces tika to stream to temporary file. parse uses
       // hasFile to decide whether processing should be done
       // using file or in memory. We want to preserve memory.