CVE-2021-45447
Pentaho Business Analytics Server - With the Data Lineage feature enabled, the system transmits database passwords in clear text
Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server versions before 9.3.0.0, 9.2.0.2 and 8.3.0.25 with the Data Lineage feature enabled transmits database passwords in clear text.
The transmission of sensitive data in clear text allows unauthorized actors with access to the network to sniff and obtain sensitive information that can be later used to gain unauthorized access.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Pentaho Business Analytics Server - With the Data Lineage feature enabled, the system transmits database passwords in clear text
Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server versions before 9.3.0.0, 9.2.0.2 and 8.3.0.25 with the Data Lineage feature enabled transmits database passwords in clear text.
The transmission of sensitive data in clear text allows unauthorized actors with access to the network to sniff and obtain sensitive information that can be later used to gain unauthorized access.
- Record
CVE-2021-45447- CVSS 3.1
- 7.7 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-319
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-32218
Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server versions before 9.3.0.0, 9.2.0.2 and 8.3.0.25 with the Data Lineage feature enabled transmits database passwords in clear text.
The transmission of sensitive data in clear text allows unauthorized actors with access to the network to sniff and obtain sensitive information that can be later used to gain unauthorized access.
- Record
EUVD-2021-32218- CVSS 3.1
- 7.7 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-3j5x-8vq5-wc5h
Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server versions before 9.3.0.0, 9.2.0.2 and 8.3.0.25...
Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server versions before 9.3.0.0, 9.2.0.2 and 8.3.0.25 with the Data Lineage feature enabled transmits database passwords in clear text. The transmission of sensitive data in clear text allows unauthorized actors with access to the network to sniff and obtain sensitive information that can be later used to gain unauthorized access.
- Record
GHSA-3j5x-8vq5-wc5h- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-319
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server versions before 9.3.0.0, 9.2.0.2 and 8.3.0.25 with the Data Lineage feature enabled transmits database passwords in clear text.
The transmission of sensitive data in clear text allows unauthorized actors with access to the network to sniff and obtain sensitive information that can be later used to gain unauthorized access.
- Record
CVE-2021-45447- CVSS 3.1
- 7.7 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-319
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-45447 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.7) in Hitachi Vantara Pentaho, published November 2, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.36%, the 30th percentile. No source names a fixed version.