CVE-2022-43769

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

  • High 8.8
  • Exploited: added to CISA KEV 3 Mar 2025

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.

Key facts

Published
3 Apr 2023
Last changed
21 Oct 2025
Assigned by
HITVAN
KEV added
3 Mar 2025
KEV fix due
24 Mar 2025
EPSS
97.67% likely to be exploited in the next 30 days, higher than 99.904% of CVEs (scores for 15 Nov 2026)
SSVC (CISA)
Exploitation: active; Automatable: no; Technical impact: total

Severity scores

Each score is shown as its source gave it. They are not averaged or merged.

  • 8.8CVSS 3.1, Highfrom the CNA (HITVAN)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.CISA KEV required action

Historical context and remediation

This reference retains the original CVE publication date. A recent record update does not mean a new attack occurred.

CAPEC-35 Leverage Executable Code in Non-Executable Files (CNA impact statement)

Version statuses below come from the CNA. An “unaffected” version is not necessarily a currently supported release or proof of a patch date. EPSS is a dated risk estimate, not a count of historical attacks.

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Affected products

VendorProductVersions
Hitachi VantaraPentaho Business Analytics Server
  • Default status: unaffected
  • 1.0 up to but excluding 9.3.0.2 (affected)
  • 9.4.0.0 up to but excluding 9.4.0.1 (affected)

Timeline

  1. 3 Apr 2023 Published
  2. 3 Mar 2025 CVE-2022-43769 added to CISA KEV
  3. 3 Mar 2025 Added to the CISA KEV catalogue

Weakness

References