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Vulnerability · CVE-2022-43769

Hitachi Vantara Pentaho BA Server Special Element Injection Vulnerability

Published Apr 3, 2023 · catalog updated Jun 16, 2026 · Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics (BA) Server

Patch now

CVE-2022-43769 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Mar 24, 2025. Confirm Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics (BA) Server against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Severity
High7.2
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
97.67%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
cpe hitachi/vantara pentaho business analytics server · vendor Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics (BA) Server

Hitachi Vantara Pentaho BA Server contains a special element injection vulnerability that allows an attacker to inject Spring templates into properties files, allowing for arbitrary command execution. Initial-access exploit intelligence.

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  • cpe hitachi/vantara pentaho business analytics server9.4.0.0
  • vendor Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics (BA) Serverversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2022-43769

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2022-43769 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Mar 24, 2025. Confirm Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics (BA) Server against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with hitachi/vantara pentaho business analytics server 9.4.0.0. Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-74: Injection; CWE-94: Code Injection. EPSS 97.67%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. A public exploit reference is linked in Sources. That is not the same as confirmed exploitation. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Apr 3, 2023 · Catalog

    Detected

    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.

  2. Mar 3, 2025 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

  3. Mar 24, 2025 · CISA KEV

    Remediation due

    Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

  4. Jun 16, 2026 · Catalog

    Updated

    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.

Sources

  • CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2022-43769

    Hitachi Vantara Pentaho BA Server contains a special element injection vulnerability that allows an attacker to inject Spring templates into properties files, allowing for arbitrary command execution.

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2022-43769

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2022-43769

    30-day exploitation probability 97.7%

    first.org
  • Exploit DatabasePublic exploit reference51350

    Public archive entry. The exploit body is not stored here.

    exploit-db.com
  • Metasploit ModulesPublic exploit moduleexploit_multi/http/pentaho_business_server_authbypass_and_ssti

    Public module reference (excellent). Module source is not copied into this catalog.

    rapid7.com
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2022-43769

    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.

    nvd.nist.gov
  • Packet Storm SecurityCited referencehttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172296/Pentaho-Business-Server-Authentication-Bypass-SSTI-Code-Execution.html

    Packet Storm link already published on the finding.

    packetstormsecurity.com
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2022-43769

    Hitachi Vantara Pentaho BA Server contains a special element injection vulnerability that allows an attacker to inject Spring templates into properties files, allowing for arbitrary command execution.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.