CVE-2022-43769: Hitachi Vantara exploited

Advisory generated from the CVE record, CISA, Exploit Observer and VEDAS: what it is, whether it is exploited, who is affected, and how to fix and detect it.

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.

Description quoted from the CVE record (assigned by HITVAN, published 2023-04-03).

Weakness: CWE-74 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component (‘Injection’)

How it can be exploited

Exploitable over the network with low attack complexity needing low privileges and no user interaction. Impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high. CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA assessment (SSVC): CISA assesses exploitation as active. Automatable: no. Technical impact: total.

On CISA KEV since: 2025-03-03
US federal deadline: 2025-03-24
Ransomware use: Not known

Public exploit evidence (Exploit Observer)

Also known as: BDU:2023-01817, CNNVD-202304-089, EDB-51350, EUVD-2022-46739, GHSA-wc6x-gmp9-8p34

VEDAS cluster: VEDAS:BURNINGBETA

Exploit Observer links 7 pieces of public exploit code or detection modules that name this CVE or one of its aliases.

Exploit code and modules (7)

Code that names this CVE. A repository can be a working exploit, a scanner, a fake or malware; read it before running anything.

Exploit-DB: https://www.exploit-db.com/raw/51350
Nuclei template: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/main/http/cves/2022/CVE-2022-43769.yaml
Code repository: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ARPSyndicate/vedas-signatures/main/nuclei/2022/CVE-2022-43769.yaml
Code repository: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ARPSyndicate/vedas-signatures/main/nuclei/2022/CVE-2022-43769.yaml
Code repository: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ARPSyndicate/vedas-signatures/main/suricata/2022/CVE-2022-43769.rules
Code repository: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ARPSyndicate/vedas-signatures/main/suricata/2022/CVE-2022-43769.rules
Code repository: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ARPSyndicate/vedas-signatures/main/suricata/2022/CVE-2022-43769.rules

Research and write-ups (2)

Vulnerability databases and vendor advisories (6)

Catalogue entries, not exploit evidence.

Vulnerability database or vendor advisory: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2022-43769
Vulnerability database or vendor advisory: https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/enisa/EUVD-2022-46739
Vulnerability database or vendor advisory: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wc6x-gmp9-8p34
Vulnerability database or vendor advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-43769
Vulnerability database or vendor advisory: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-43769
Vulnerability database or vendor advisory: https://www.cnnvd.org.cn/home/globalSearch?keyword=CNNVD-202304-089

22 more references returned by Exploit Observer did not name this CVE or an alias, so they are left out.

VEDAS data as of 2026-11-01T17:12 UTC; fetched 2026-11-02.

Live scores

EPSS: 0.977
very likely to be attacked soon
VEDAS: 0.987
strong exploit evidence
On CISA KEV: Yes, since 2025-03-03
Detection rule: Nuclei · Suricata

EPSS (chance of attack)

VEDAS (exploit evidence)

Thin horizontal line: the “likely” (EPSS 0.10) or “strong” (VEDAS 0.90) threshold. Shaded “no data” areas are periods when cve-scores did not publish.

Who is affected

Product	Affected	Not affected
Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server	from 1.0 before 9.3.0.2 from 9.4.0.0 before 9.4.0.1	Not stated

Version ranges exactly as the CVE record states them. “Before X” means X is the first fixed version.

Exploit Observer also maps it to: hitachi vantara_pentaho_business_analytics_server, hitachi,_ltd. hitachi_vantara_pentaho_business_analytics_server.

How to fix it

Fixed versions stated in the CVE record: 9.3.0.2, 9.4.0.1.

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.

Vendor guidance:

How to detect it

Nuclei template (active check)

Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics - Code 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.

Name and description quoted from the template, written by VEDAS.

The template sends 1 request (GET /pentaho/api/ldap/config/ldapTreeNodeChildren/require.js?url=%23{T(...); it confirms through an out-of-band callback (interactsh), so the scanner must be able to receive it; it decides using word matchers. Severity in the template: high. Marked as not yet verified against a live vulnerable target.

Run it against a host you own or are authorised to test:

bash

nuclei -u https://your-host -t CVE-2022-43769.yaml

Show the template (41 lines)

yaml

id: CVE-2022-43769

info:
  name: "Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics - Code Injection"
  author: vedas-arpsyndicate
  severity: high
  description: |
    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.
  reference:
    - https://www.exploit.observer/?keyword=CVE-2022-43769&match=exact
    - https://subdomain.center/?engine=ammonites&keyword=pentaho&match=exact
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    cvss-score: 7.2
    cve-id: CVE-2022-43769
    cwe-id: CWE-94,CWE-74
  metadata:
    verified: false
  tags: cve,cve2022,packetstorm,rce,pentaho,hitachi,kev,vkev,vuln
http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/pentaho/api/ldap/config/ldapTreeNodeChildren/require.js?url=%23{T(java.net.InetAddress).getByName('{{interactsh-url}}')}&mgrDn=a&pwd=a"

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: interactsh_protocol # Confirms the DNS Interaction
        words:
          - "dns"

      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "false"

      - type: word
        part: header
        words:
          - "application/json"

CVE-2022-43769.yaml on GitHub

Suricata rules (network detection)

1 rule that alert on traffic matching this exploit: VEDAS CVE-2022-43769 Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics - Code Injection. Add them to your Suricata rule set and reload.

Show the rules

suricata

alert http $EXTERNAL_NET any -> $HTTP_SERVERS $HTTP_PORTS (msg:"VEDAS CVE-2022-43769 Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics - Code Injection"; flow:established,to_server; http.uri; content:"ldapTreeNodeChildren"; nocase; content:"')"; nocase; fast_pattern; classtype:web-application-attack; reference:cve,CVE-2022-43769; reference:url,https://www.exploit.observer/?keyword=CVE-2022-43769&match=exact; reference:url,https://subdomain.center/?engine=ammonites&keyword=pentaho&match=exact; sid:1008865; rev:1;)

CVE-2022-43769.rules on GitHub

References

Government sources

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-43769 (government-resource)

Other references

Other databases

Where this comes from

This advisory is generated automatically by VEDAS from: CVE.org record, CISA KEV, cve-scores (EPSS and VEDAS), Exploit Observer, vedas-signatures. Text in quotes is reproduced from the source; everything else is a fixed template filled with source fields. Nothing here is written by a language model. Check the vendor advisory before acting, and read how VEDAS and Exploit Observer work, and their limits.