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CVE-2022-43769· NVD / CVE Program· CNA HITVAN

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

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Now (action score 87/100)

  • CISA has confirmed exploitation in the wild (Mar 3, 2025). Remediation deadline for US federal agencies: Mar 24, 2025.
  • A ready-made attack module is public (Metasploit, Nuclei); exploiting it takes no special expertise.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 97.6% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 99.9% of all records.
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. Administrator privileges are required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server 9.3.0.2, 9.4.0.1.

Patch today or shut off access. Upgrade to Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server 9.3.0.2, 9.4.0.1 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · CISA KEV · FIRST EPSS

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.

HighCVSS 7.2 · v3.1KEVWeaponized Fix available
Published
Apr 3, 2023
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
97.6% · 99th percentile

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Action score

87

Now

Patch today or shut off access.

CVSS
28 / 40 · 7.2 / 10
CISA KEV
30 / 30 · Listed
EPSS
29 / 30 · 97.6%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
active
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
7.2
CNA · HITVAN
8.8
1.6 point gap

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

Actively exploited in the wild

CISA added this to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on Mar 3, 2025. That signals real attacks, not theory.

Remediation deadline for US federal agencies: Mar 24, 2025.

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
hitachivantara pentaho business analytics server

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • hitachi vantara pentaho business analytics server8.3.0.0 and later · before 9.3.0.2
  • hitachi vantara pentaho business analytics server9.4.0.0

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (HITVAN). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server

    • 1.0 and later · before 9.3.0.2affected · maven
    • 9.4.0.0 and later · before 9.4.0.1affected · maven

Same product

hitachi: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2022-43939Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server - Use of Non-Canonical URL Paths for Authorization DecisionsKEV
    97Now
  • CVE-2022-43938Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server - Improper Neutralization of Directives in Statically Saved Code ('Static Code Injection')
    43Plan
  • CVE-2022-43773Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server - Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
    42Plan

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • Later →CVE-2022-3960Apr 3, 2023 · Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server - Improper Neutralization of Directives in Statically Saved Code ('Static Code Injection')
    25Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2022-43771Apr 3, 2023 · Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
    33Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2022-43772Apr 3, 2023 · Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server - Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File
    26Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server9.3.0.2Vendor (CNA)
Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server9.4.0.1Vendor (CNA)

Exploit status

Weaponized

A ready exploit tool or active in-the-wild use is known for this vulnerability. This should be your top priority.

Evidence

  • Metasploit module ×1
  • Exploit-DB entry ×1
  • Nuclei detection template ×2

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Public exploit evidence
SourceKindDate
Nuclei detection templateNuclei template CVE-2022-43769 —
Nuclei detection templateNuclei template CVE-2022-43939 —
Exploit-DB entrywebapps2023-04-08
Metasploit moduleexploit/multi/http/pentaho_business_server_authbypass_and_sstiPentaho Business Server Auth Bypass and Server Side Template Injection RCEexploit2023-04-04

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

  1. Published
  2. Metasploitsame day
  3. First PoC+4 d
  4. CISA KEV+699 d
  5. TodayOct 25, 2026+1301 d
EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • Administrator privileges are required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-74 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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