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CVE-2022-43769: Hitachi Vantara Pentaho BA Server Special Element Injection Vulnerability

CVE-2022-43769 · Severity: critical · CVSS 8.8 · Exploited in the wild · Published 2025-03-03

Vendors: Hitachi Vantara.

Executive brief

Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server contains a special element injection vulnerability where certain web services allow setting property values containing Spring templates. These templates are interpreted downstream, potentially leading to arbitrary command execution.

Affected products

  • Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server prior to 9.4.0.1 and 9.3.0.2, including 8.3.x

Timeline

  • 2023-04-12: disclosed: Initial NIST analysis and disclosure.
  • 2025-03-03: kev added: Added to CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.
  • 2025-03-03: exploited: Reported as exploited in the wild.

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