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CVE-2022-43769

Hitachi Vantara Pentaho BA Server Special Element Injection Vulnerability

KEVHIGH 7.2EPSS 97.7%

Does this matter?

Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 24 March 2025). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.

Description

Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server prior to versions 9.4.0.1 and 9.3.0.2, including 8.3.x allow certain web services to set property values which contain Spring templates that are interpreted downstream.

CVSS 3.1: 7.2 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 97.67% probability · 100th percentile
CISA KEV: Listed 3 March 2025 · due 24 March 2025
Weakness: CWE-74, CWE-94
Affected: hitachi/vantara pentaho business analytics server
Source: security.vulnerabilities@hitachivantara.com

CISA notes

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. https://support.pentaho.com/hc/en-us/articles/14455561548301--Resolved-Pentaho-BA-Server-Failure-to-Sanitize-Special-Elements-into-a-Different-Plane-Special-Element-Injection-Versions-before-9-4-0-1-and-9-3-0-2-including-8-3-x-Impacted-CVE-2022-43769 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-43769

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.