# Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics (BA) Server: 2 exploited vulnerabilities (CVE-2022-43769, CVE-2022-43939) · pwn.watch

> CVE-2022-43769: 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. CVE-2022-43939: Hitachi Vantara Pentaho BA Server contains a use of non-canonical URL paths for authorization decisions vulnerability that enables an attacker to bypass authorization. Added to CISA KEV on 2025-03-03.

Page: https://pwn.watch/i/hitachi-vantara-pentaho-business-analytics-ba-server-cve-2022-43769 · generated 2026-10-22T21:08:49.695Z

## Status
- Severity: high · status: closed · patch: patched
- Product: Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics (BA) Server
- Started: 2025-03-03 · closed: 2025-03-03
- CVEs: CVE-2022-43769, CVE-2022-43939
- Affected: See vendor advisory / CISA notes (versions not always listed in KEV feed)
- Fixed in: See vendor advisory linked in sources

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## Updates (newest first)
- 2025-03-03: CISA added CVE-2022-43769 to the KEV catalog (due 2025-03-24).
- 2025-03-03: CISA added CVE-2022-43939 to the KEV catalog (due 2025-03-24).

## Fix brief
# Security brief: Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics (BA) Server: 2 exploited vulnerabilities (CVE-2022-43769, CVE-2022-43939)

Source: https://pwn.watch/i/hitachi-vantara-pentaho-business-analytics-ba-server-cve-2022-43769 · status: closed (closed Mar 3, 2025) · severity: high · updated Mar 3, 2025

## Patch status
**PATCHED: fixed releases exist. Upgrade to a fixed version.**

## What it is
CVE-2022-43769: 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. CVE-2022-43939: Hitachi Vantara Pentaho BA Server contains a use of non-canonical URL paths for authorization decisions vulnerability that enables an attacker to bypass authorization. Added to CISA KEV on 2025-03-03.

Severity detail: CVSS 8.8 (CNA, v3.1); actively exploited (CISA KEV)

- Product: Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics (BA) Server
- CVE / advisory ids: CVE-2022-43769, CVE-2022-43939

## Affected versions
- See vendor advisory / CISA notes (versions not always listed in KEV feed)

## Check whether you're affected
No generic command applies (the product is a hosted service, appliance or desktop app). Check the installed version in its admin UI / About screen and compare with the versions above.

## Fix
Upgrade to one of these fixed versions (or later on the same branch):
- See vendor advisory linked in sources

After upgrading, re-run the checks above and redeploy/restart the affected services.

## Latest updates
- Mar 3, 2025: CISA added CVE-2022-43769 to the KEV catalog (due 2025-03-24).
- Mar 3, 2025: CISA added CVE-2022-43939 to the KEV catalog (due 2025-03-24).

## Advisories
- [Hitachi Vantara advisory: Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics (BA) Server](https://support.pentaho.com/hc/en-us/articles/14455561548301--Resolved-Pentaho-BA-Server-Failure-to-Sanitize-Special-Elements-into-a-Different-Plane-Special-Element-Injection-Versions-before-9-4-0-1-and-9-3-0-2-including-8-3-x-Impacted-CVE-2022-43769) (Hitachi Vantara)
- [Hitachi Vantara advisory: Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics (BA) Server](https://support.pentaho.com/hc/en-us/articles/14455394120333--Resolved-Pentaho-BA-Server-Use-of-Non-Canonical-URL-Paths-for-Authorization-Decisions-Versions-before-9-4-0-1-and-9-3-0-2-including-8-3-x-Impacted-CVE-2022-43939-) (Hitachi Vantara)
- [NVD: CVE-2022-43769](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-43769) (NVD)
- [NVD: CVE-2022-43939](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-43939) (NVD)
- [CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog](https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog) (CISA)

## Caveats
Derived from CISA KEV JSON feed catalogVersion 2026.10.21. CVSS from the CVE record (cvelistV5). Exact affected/fixed version strings are not always in the KEV record; verify against the vendor advisory URL. startedAt uses dateAdded (exploitation may have begun earlier; many entries are older CVEs newly confirmed as exploited in 2025).

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