CVE-2022-43769

Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server - Failure to Sanitize Special Elements into a Different Plane (Special Element Injection)

8.8 HighIn KEVPublic exploit

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.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: Low
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: High
Integrity: High
Availability: High

Exploit likelihood

97.7%Up 97.6 points since Apr 4, 2023

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 8.8

Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server - Failure to Sanitize Special Elements into a Different Plane (Special Element Injection)

Record: CVE-2022-43769
CVSS 3.1: 8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-74
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2022-46739 8.8

Record: EUVD-2022-46739
CVSS 3.1: 8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-wc6x-gmp9-8p34 7.2

Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server prior to versions 9.4.0.1 and 9.3.0.2,...

Record: GHSA-wc6x-gmp9-8p34
CVSS 3.1: 7.2 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-74, CWE-94
Updated: 2026-11-02

CISA KEV No score

Hitachi Vantara Pentaho BA Server Special Element Injection Vulnerability

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.

Record: CVE-2022-43769
Weakness: CWE-74
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD 8.8

Record: CVE-2022-43769
CVSS 3.1: 8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1: 7.2 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-74, CWE-94
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
Source	Link	Date
Metasploit	Pentaho Business Server Auth Bypass and Server Side Template Injection RCE	2023-04-04
Exploit-DB	Pentaho BA Server EE 9.3.0.0-428 - Remote Code Execution (RCE) (Unauthenticated)	2023-04-08
Nuclei	Hitachi Pentaho Business Analytics Server - Remote Code Execution

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	exploitation, exploits
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, EUVD, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, CISA KEV, Metasploit, Nuclei, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2022-43769 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server, published April 3, 2023. CISA lists it as known to be exploited, since March 3, 2025. EUVD reports exploitation since March 3, 2025. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 97.7%, the 99th percentile. No source names a fixed version.