CVE-2022-43769VulnerabilityPublished 03/03/2025Updated 10/24/2026
CVE-2022-43769: Hitachi Vantara Pentaho BA Server Special Element Injection Vulnerability
Affects Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics (BA) ServerSource CISA KEV
Severity
HighNo CVSS score published yet
- Exploitation
Actively exploited – in CISA KEV since 03/03/2025
- KEV deadline
- 03/24/2025
- EPSS
- 97.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 99% of CVEs
What to do
CISA required action
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
- support.pentaho.com/hc/en-us/articles/14455561548301--Resolved-Pentaho-BA-Server-Failure-to-Sanitize-Special-Elements-into-a-Different-Plane-Special-Element-Injection-Versions-before-9-4-0-1-and-9-3-0-2-including-8-3-x-Impacted-CVE-2022-43769 (opens in a new tab)
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-43769 (opens in a new tab)
Description
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.
Weaknesses
References
- support.pentaho.com/hc/en-us/articles/14455561548301--Resolved-Pentaho-BA-Server-Failure-to-Sanitize-Special-Elements-into-a-Different-Plane-Special-Element-Injection-Versions-before-9-4-0-1-and-9-3-0-2-including-8-3-x-Impacted-CVE-2022-43769 (opens in a new tab)
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-43769 (opens in a new tab)
- cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?search=CVE-2022-43769 (opens in a new tab)