Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-43769

RCE in Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server 8.3.0.0 – 9.3.0.2

CISA KEVActive ExploitationEUVD ExploitedPublic PoCRCE
Published
03 April 2023
Modified
24 October 2025
KEV Added
03 March 2025
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v3.1 8.8
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.98 99.9th percentile
Risk Priority 90 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2022-43769 is a high-severity Injection (CWE-74) vulnerability in Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 0.1% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; CISA has added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary

Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.

CVE-2022-43769 affects Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server versions prior to 9.4.0.1 and 9.3.0.2, including the 8.3.x branch. The flaw allows certain web services to accept property values containing Spring templates that are later interpreted, enabling server-side template injection. The issue is tracked under CWE-74 and CWE-94 and carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 8.8.

An authenticated attacker with network access can supply malicious template expressions through the affected web services. Successful exploitation results in arbitrary code execution on the server, with impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

Vendor advisories direct customers to upgrade to the fixed releases 9.4.0.1 or 9.3.0.2. The Pentaho support article and associated patches address the failure to sanitize special elements that cross into a different processing plane.

Public proof-of-concept code for authentication-bypass and remote code execution has been published, the vulnerability appears in CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, and its EPSS score has reached 0.94, indicating active exploitation interest.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

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.

CWE(s)
KEV Date Added
03 March 2025

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
T1221 Template Injection Stealth
Adversaries may create or modify references in user document templates to conceal malicious code or force authentication attempts.
T1659 Content Injection Initial Access
Adversaries may gain access and continuously communicate with victims by injecting malicious content into systems through online network traffic.
T1674 Input Injection Execution
Adversaries may simulate keystrokes on a victim’s computer by various means to perform any type of action on behalf of the user, such as launching the command interpreter using keyboard shortcuts, typing an inline script to be executed,…
T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter Execution
Adversaries may abuse command and script interpreters to execute commands, scripts, or binaries.
T1059.001 PowerShell Execution
Adversaries may abuse PowerShell commands and scripts for execution.
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

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CVE-2017-7494Shared CWE-94both on KEV
CVE-2023-33246Shared CWE-94both on KEV
CVE-2021-22205Shared CWE-94both on KEV
CVE-2023-6548Shared CWE-94both on KEV
CVE-2009-0556Shared CWE-94both on KEV
CVE-2019-16759Shared CWE-94both on KEV

Affected Assets

hitachi
vantara pentaho business analytics server
9.4.0.0 · 8.3.0.0 — 9.3.0.2

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
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Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-74

Developer assessments and testing (including injection-focused techniques) identify improper neutralization of special elements, and the verifiable flaw remediation corrects them pre-deployment.

addresses: CWE-94

Makes persistent code injection into loaded programs impossible when the executable image itself resides on hardware-protected read-only media.

addresses: CWE-94

Dynamically generated code can be produced and executed inside the isolated chamber, preventing host compromise from code-injection payloads.

addresses: CWE-94

Validates inputs used in dynamic code generation to block injected directives.

addresses: CWE-94

Directly prevents execution of attacker-supplied code written into data memory regions.

addresses: CWE-74

Identifies indicators of injection attacks (command, SQL, LDAP, etc.) via anomaly and attack monitoring.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices directly require input validation and output encoding that prevent injection flaws.

PR.DS-10 none match
prevents

PR.DS-10 protects runtime data confidentiality/integrity but has no bearing on neutralizing externally influenced input during code generation, so neither direction shows any preventive effect.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

finds

Security testing in development catches injection vulnerabilities before release.

A.8.15 Logging partial match
finds

Logging supports detection of injection attempts but does not prevent the weakness.

finds

Monitoring activities can identify active injection attacks after they occur.

prevents

Secure development life cycle mandates input validation and output encoding that directly prevent injection flaws.

prevents

Application security requirements explicitly call for controls against injection attacks in software design.

prevents

Secure architecture principles reduce injection surfaces but do not prescribe specific neutralization techniques.

References