Hitachi Vantara · Pentaho Business Analytics (BA) Server

CVE-2022-43769

Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server - Failure to Sanitize Special Elements into a Different Plane (Special Element Injection)

Exploited in attacks High 8.8 Attack chance: 98%

What it is

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.

CISA: Hitachi Vantara Pentaho BA Server contains a special element injection vulnerability that allows an attacker to inject Spring templates into properties files, allowing for arbitrary command execution.

What to do

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Deadline for US federal agencies: March 24, 2025

Added to the CISA list: March 3, 2025
Published: April 3, 2023
Severity: High 8.8 CVSS 3.1
Chance of attacks in the next 30 days (EPSS): 98% in the top 0.1% of all known vulnerabilities
Weakness: CWE-74
More details: NVD · CVE.org · CISA

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More exploited flaws from Hitachi Vantara

Added	Vulnerability	Product	Severity	Attack chance
Mar 3, 2025	Pentaho BA Server Authorization BypassCVE-2022-43939	Pentaho Business Analytics (BA) Server	High 8.6	92%

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Sources: Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (CISA, public domain), CVE records (cve.org) and EPSS (FIRST). The chance of attacks is the EPSS estimate that someone will try to exploit the flaw in the next 30 days.