CVE-2022-43769
Published 2023-04-03 · Updated 2026-06-17 · Source security.vulnerabilities@hitachivantara.com
Summary
CVE-2022-43769 is a high-severity (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability in Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics (BA) Server. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on March 3, 2025, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by March 24, 2025. CISA does not currently list it as used in ransomware campaigns. Hitachi Vantara has 2 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 0 of them linked to ransomware.
All 2 known-exploited Hitachi Vantara vulnerabilities →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 vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA Known-Exploited Vulnerability
Product: Hitachi Vantara — Pentaho Business Analytics (BA) Server
Name: Hitachi Vantara Pentaho BA Server Special Element Injection Vulnerability
Date added: 2025-03-03 · Due: 2025-03-24
Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172296/Pentaho-Business-Server-Authentication-Bypass-SSTI-Code-Execution.html
- 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-
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172296/Pentaho-Business-Server-Authentication-Bypass-SSTI-Code-Execution.html
- 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://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-43769

