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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Hitachi Vantara | Pentaho Business Analytics Server |
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Timeline
- 3 Apr 2023 Published
- 3 Mar 2025 CVE-2022-43769 added to CISA KEV
- 3 Mar 2025 Added to the CISA KEV catalogue