CVE-2022-43939: 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 versions before 9.4.0.1 and 9.3.0.2, including 8.3.x contain security restrictions using non-canonical URLs which can be circumvented.

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

Weakness: CWE-647: Use of Non-Canonical URL Paths for Authorization Decisions

How it can be exploited

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

CISA assessment (SSVC): CISA assesses exploitation as active. Automatable: yes. Technical impact: partial.

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:2023-01993, CNNVD-202304-081, EDB-51350, EUVD-2022-46909, GHSA-r7cq-76xj-2g24

VEDAS cluster: VEDAS:BURNINGBETTA

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-2022-43939.yaml
Code repository: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ARPSyndicate/vedas-signatures/main/nuclei/2022/CVE-2022-43939.yaml
Code repository: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ARPSyndicate/vedas-signatures/main/nuclei/2022/CVE-2022-43939.yaml
Code repository: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ARPSyndicate/vedas-signatures/main/suricata/2022/CVE-2022-43939.rules
Code repository: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ARPSyndicate/vedas-signatures/main/suricata/2022/CVE-2022-43939.rules
Code repository: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ARPSyndicate/vedas-signatures/main/suricata/2022/CVE-2022-43939.rules

Research and write-ups (1)

Research or write-up: 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-

Vulnerability databases and vendor advisories (6)

Catalogue entries, not exploit evidence.

Vulnerability database or vendor advisory: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2022-43939
Vulnerability database or vendor advisory: https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/enisa/EUVD-2022-46909
Vulnerability database or vendor advisory: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r7cq-76xj-2g24
Vulnerability database or vendor advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-43939
Vulnerability database or vendor advisory: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-43939
Vulnerability database or vendor advisory: https://www.cnnvd.org.cn/home/globalSearch?keyword=CNNVD-202304-081

25 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: 0.923
very likely to be attacked soon
VEDAS: 0.989
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 - Authentication Bypass
Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server versions before 9.4.0.1 and 9.3.0.2, including 8.3.x contain security restrictions using non-canonical URLs which can be circumvented.

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

The template sends 2 requests (GET /pentaho/Login, GET /pentaho/api/ldap/config/ldapTreeNodeChildren/require.js); it decides using dsl, status, 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-2022-43939.yaml

Show the template (56 lines)

yaml

id: CVE-2022-43939

info:
  name: "Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics - Authentication Bypass"
  author: vedas-arpsyndicate
  severity: high
  description: |
    Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server versions before 9.4.0.1 and 9.3.0.2, including 8.3.x contain
    security restrictions using non-canonical URLs which can be circumvented.
  reference:
    - https://www.exploit.observer/?keyword=CVE-2022-43939&match=exact
    - https://subdomain.center/?engine=ammonites&keyword=pentaho&match=exact
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
    cvss-score: 8.6
    cve-id: CVE-2022-43939
    cwe-id: CWE-647
  metadata:
    verified: false
  tags: cve,cve2022,pentaho,hitachi,auth-bypass,vkev,kev,vuln
flow: http(1) && http(2)

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - '{{BaseURL}}/pentaho/Login'

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'status_code == 200'
          - 'contains(body, "Pentaho User Console - Login")'
        condition: and
        internal: true

  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/pentaho/api/ldap/config/ldapTreeNodeChildren/require.js"

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: header
        words:
          - 'Path=/pentaho'
          - 'application/json'
        condition: and

      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - '{}'

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200

CVE-2022-43939.yaml on GitHub

Suricata rules (network detection)

1 rule that alert on traffic matching this exploit: VEDAS CVE-2022-43939 Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics - Authentication Bypass. 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-2022-43939 Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics - Authentication Bypass"; flow:established,to_server; http.uri; content:"/pentaho/api/ldap/config/ldapTreeNodeChildren/require.js"; nocase; fast_pattern; classtype:web-application-attack; reference:cve,CVE-2022-43939; reference:url,https://www.exploit.observer/?keyword=CVE-2022-43939&match=exact; reference:url,https://subdomain.center/?engine=ammonites&keyword=pentaho&match=exact; sid:1008784; rev:1;)

CVE-2022-43939.rules on GitHub

References

Government sources

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-43939 (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.