CVE-2022-43939
Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics (BA) Server: Pentaho BA Server Authorization Bypass
As of , CVE-2022-43939 in Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics (BA) Server is on CISA's list of exploited vulnerabilities: CISA listed it on . Our patch-first group: Patch this week.
- Exploited
- Yes: CISA listed it on 3 March 2025
- US federal deadline
- 24 March 202521 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
- Used in ransomware campaigns
- Not known to CISA
- EPSS score
- 0.92Higher than 99% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- Public exploit
- 1 Metasploit module and 1 Exploit-DB entry
- Fix
- Vendor advice: support.pentaho.comLinks below, from CISA's entry.
What CISA says to do
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
CISA's required action
What the flaw is
Hitachi Vantara Pentaho BA Server contains a use of non-canonical URL paths for authorization decisions vulnerability that enables an attacker to bypass authorization.
CISA's description
Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server versions before 9.4.0.1 and 9.3.0.2, including 8.3.x contain security restrictions using non-canonical URLs which can be circumvented.
The CVE record's description, from HITVAN
- CVE published
- 3 April 2023
- Assigned by
- HITVAN
- CVSS
- 8.6 High (CVSS 3.1, from the CNA)
- CWE-647
- Use of Non-Canonical URL Paths for Authorization Decisions
- CISA SSVC, exploitation
- active
- CISA SSVC, automatable
- yes
- CISA SSVC, technical impact
- partial
Timeline
- The CVE record was published.
- Exploit-DB published an exploit (EDB-ID 51350).
- CISA added it to its list of exploited vulnerabilities.
- The US federal deadline to fix it.
Public exploits
Facts from Metasploit's module list and Exploit-DB's index; we never copy exploit code.
- Metasploit: Pentaho Business Server Auth Bypass and Server Side Template Injection RCEexploit module, rank excellent
- Exploit-DB: Pentaho BA Server EE 9.3.0.0-428 - Remote Code Execution (RCE) (Unauthenticated)EDB-ID 51350, 8 April 2023
Pentaho Business Analytics (BA) Server: other exploited entries
| Vulnerability | Product | Our group | Listed | Deadline | EPSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2022-43769Pentaho BA Server Special Element Injection | Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics (BA) Server | Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.98 | 0.98 |
Read further
- CVE recordcve.org
- NVD entrynvd.nist.gov
- CISA's catalogcisa.gov
- EPSS for this CVEapi.first.org