Background exploitation KEV catalog
CVE-2022-43769

Hitachi Vantara Pentaho BA Server Special Element Injection Vulnerability

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.

CheckOps priority index
8.3/10 Patch within 24 h
Severity8.8
Probability9.8
Exploitation3/5

Severity = CVSS. Probability = EPSS (FIRST). Exploitation = public signals: KEV, EUVD, ransomware, EPSS above 10 %, no account required.

EPSS · today 97.7% higher than 99.9% of CVEs
CVSS 3.1 8.8 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:
Exploited for 610 days 03 Mar 2025
CISA due date 24 Mar 2025 for US federal agencies

Exploitation probability EPSS · FIRST

05010026 Sep05 Oct15 Oct24 Oct02 Nov
EPSS probability (%)Percentile among all CVEs

Exploitation signals 3 / 5

  • KEV catalog (CISA)03 Mar 2025
  • Exploited in EUVD (ENISA)03 Mar 2025
  • Used by ransomwareno
  • EPSS above 10 %97.7%
  • No account, over the networkno

What to do

Fix

Apply the vendor’s fix as soon as it is available.

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

Meanwhile

Take the service off the internet or restrict access to it, watch the logs and look for signs of compromise.

Manufacturers (CRA)

Exploited vulnerability in your product: early warning to ENISA within 24 h, then notification within 72 h (Article 14 of the Cyber Resilience Act). The CRA explained

Affected products

Pentaho Business Analytics ServerPentaho Business Analytics (BA) Server
Affected versions
  • 9.4.0.0 <9.4.0.1
  • 1.0 <9.3.0.2
Weaknesses (CWE)

Open source packages OSV

Affected libraries according to OSV, with fixed versions.

Timeline

  1. Published

  2. Exploitation reported (ENISA)

  3. Added to the KEV catalog

  4. CISA remediation due date

  5. EPSS peak: 97.7%

References

Other exploited vulnerabilities from the same vendor

  • CVE-2022-43939Hitachi Vantara Pentaho BA Server Authorization Bypass Vulnerability
    8.6 · Background exploitation

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Sources: CISA KEV · ENISA EUVD · FIRST EPSS · OSV. Public data aggregated by CheckOps, updated automatically. Source texts remain the property of their authors. All exploited vulnerabilities