CVE-2022-43769 (GCVE-0-2022-43769)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-04-03 17:47 – Updated: 2025-10-21 23:15
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server - Failure to Sanitize Special Elements into a Different Plane (Special Element Injection)
Summary
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.
Severity
8.8 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: active
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-03-03 20:12 UTC
CWE
- CWE-74 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')
Assigner
HITVAN
CNA
References
3 references
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hitachi Vantara | Pentaho Business Analytics Server |
Affected:
1.0 , < 9.3.0.2
(maven)
Affected: 9.4.0.0 , < 9.4.0.1 (maven) |
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