CVE-2022-43769: Hitachi Vantara Pentaho BA Server Special Element Injection Vulnerability

Is it exploited?

Yes. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 3 Mar 2025, 700 days after the CVE record was published.

How likely is exploitation in the next 30 days?

97.7%

EPSS score, percentile 99.9 of all scored records

How severe?

8.8 High

CVSS v3.1 base score, given by the CNA

What should I do?

CISA deadline 24 Mar 2025. Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

The CVE record links no vendor advisory, patch or mitigation.

Which versions are affected?

Affected

• from 1.0 to before 9.3.0.2
• from 9.4.0.0 to before 9.4.0.1

Versions by product

Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, 2026.10.28, as of 28 Oct 2026; FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS), v2026.06.15, as of 28 Oct 2026; CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.

What to do

CISA due date for this action: 24 March 2025.

Advisories and patches

The CVE record links no vendor advisory, patch or mitigation.

Linked from CISA's catalog entry

• 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
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-43769

Affected products and versions

As listed in the CVE record.

Versions not listed are: unaffected.

Source: CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.

About this 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.

Summary: CISA's KEV catalog, as of 28 Oct 2026.

• CISA added CVE-2022-43769 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog on 3 Mar 2025.
• CISA's ransomware flag for this entry is "Unknown": no evidence of ransomware use in the catalog, which is not proof of none.
• The due date CISA sets for the required action is 24 Mar 2025.
• The CVE record was published on 3 Apr 2023, 700 days before it was added to KEV.
• The CVE record carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.8 (High), given by its CNA.
• FIRST's EPSS model puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 97.7% (percentile 99.9), as of 28 Oct 2026.
• CISA's SSVC assessment in the CVE record: exploitation active, automatable no, technical impact total.

Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, 2026.10.28, as of 28 Oct 2026; CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026; FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS), v2026.06.15, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.

Description

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

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.

Source: CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.

Weakness

• CWE-74: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

Attack patterns (CAPEC)

• CAPEC-35: Leverage Executable Code in Non-Executable Files

CWE and CAPEC are maintained by MITRE; the entries are those named in the CVE record and the KEV entry.

Timeline

References

• support.pentaho.com
• packetstormsecurity.com

More exploited Hitachi Vantara vulnerabilities

• CVE-2022-43939: Hitachi Vantara Pentaho BA Server Authorization Bypass Vulnerability (added 3 Mar 2025)