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title: "CVE-2022-43769: Hitachi Vantara Pentaho BA Server Special Element Injection Vulnerability"
url: https://erroneo.us/security/cve/CVE-2022-43769/
description: "CVE-2022-43769 (Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics (BA) Server): Exploited in the wild (CISA KEV). Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server…"
type: vulnerability-record
section: "Security Digest"
date_published: 2023-04-03
date_modified: 2025-10-21
publisher: erroneo.us
author: erroneo.us Security Desk
cve: "CVE-2022-43769"
kev: true
cvss: 8.8
epss: 0.9767
license: All rights reserved. Quote with attribution and a link.
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# CVE-2022-43769: Hitachi Vantara Pentaho BA Server Special Element Injection Vulnerability

**Signal:** Exploited: patch now if you run it. CISA has confirmed exploitation in the wild. (Computed from CISA KEV, EPSS and CVSS; not an editorial verdict.)

## Should you act?

- Yes, if you run Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics (BA) Server. CISA added this CVE to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2025-03-03, which means there is reliable evidence of exploitation in the wild. US federal agencies must remediate by 2025-03-24 ; treat that as the outer limit, not the target.
- EPSS 97.7% , percentile 99.9: FIRST’s model estimates a 97.7% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 99.9% of all scored CVEs (very high). EPSS is a probability, not a verdict.
- Needs an account (low (any account)). Exposure depends on who can log in.

## What it is

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.

## Affected products (CVE record)

- Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server: 1.0 < 9.3.0.2, 9.4.0.0 < 9.4.0.1

## Severity

- HITVAN CVSS 3.1: 8.8 `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`

## Exploitation

- CISA KEV: added 2025-03-03; federal due date 2025-03-24. Known ransomware use: Unknown.
- CISA required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
- CISA SSVC assessment: exploitation active , automatable no , technical impact total .
- FIRST EPSS (model of 2026-10-21): 97.67% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 99.9.

## Sources

- [Listed in CISA KEV notes (support.pentaho.com)](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)
- [CVE.org record CVE-2022-43769](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-43769)
- [NVD entry CVE-2022-43769](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-43769)
- [CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog entry](https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-43769)
- [support.pentaho.com](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-)
- [packetstormsecurity.com](http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172296/Pentaho-Business-Server-Authentication-Bypass-SSTI-Code-Execution.html)

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