`CVE-2022-43939` Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server

Affected software	Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server
Severity	9.8 Critical CVSS 3.1 2 scores
Weakness	CWE-647
Published	3 Apr 2023
Updated	29 Sep 2026

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.

Exploitation status

Exploited

Confirmed real-world exploitation.

CISA KEV listed Confirmed exploitation in the wild. Added 2025-03-03 · remediation due 2025-03-24 · ransomware use: unknown
VulnCheck KEV listed Exploitation reported in the wild. 6 citations · honeypot sightings · 1 exploit · earliest 2023-11-17.
CISA Vulnrichment exploitation: active CISA records active exploitation. Automatable: yes, technical impact: partial.
Indexed PoC 3 indexed Published artifacts you can open, in Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei; first seen 2023-04-08.
EPSS 92% chance in 30 days A model's forecast, not a report of exploitation. Higher than 99.8% of all scored CVEs.

VulnCheck KEV

Exploitation evidence from VulnCheck Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (VulnCheck KEV), used under VulnCheck's community terms. View CVE-2022-43939 in VulnCheck (free account), which lists 1 more citation not shown here.

Evidence	Source	Detail	Date
Honeypot sighting	Shadowserver honeypots	Exploitation attempts seen on 487 days	2023-11-17 to 2026-11-01
Reported exploitation	cisa.gov	/sites/default/files/feeds/known_exploited_vulnerabilities.json	2025-03-03
Reported exploitation	greynoise.io	/blog/greynoise-observes-exploitation-three-newly-added-kev-vulnerabilities	2025-03-04
Reported exploitation	app.crowdsec.net	/cti/cve-explorer/CVE-2022-43939	2025-06-08
Reported exploitation	isc.sans.edu	/diary/rss/32518	2025-11-24
Reported exploitation	cyble.com	/resources/research-reports/global-cybersecurity-report	2025-12-11
Exploit reference	VulnCheck XDB 915c4e634580	Exploit type: initial-access	2023-12-20

Evidence

Source

Detail

Date

Honeypot sighting

Shadowserver honeypots

Exploitation attempts seen on 487 days

2023-11-17 to 2026-11-01

Reported exploitation

cisa.gov

/sites/default/files/feeds/known_exploited_vulnerabilities.json

2025-03-03

Reported exploitation

greynoise.io

/blog/greynoise-observes-exploitation-three-newly-added-kev-vulnerabilities

2025-03-04

Reported exploitation

app.crowdsec.net

/cti/cve-explorer/CVE-2022-43939

2025-06-08

Reported exploitation

isc.sans.edu

/diary/rss/32518

2025-11-24

Reported exploitation

cyble.com

/resources/research-reports/global-cybersecurity-report

2025-12-11

Exploit reference

VulnCheck XDB 915c4e634580

Exploit type: initial-access

2023-12-20

Index	Artifact	First seen
Exploit-DB	Pentaho BA Server EE 9.3.0.0-428 - Remote Code Execution (RCE) (Unauthenticated)	2023-04-08
Nuclei	Hitachi Pentaho Business Analytics Server - Bypass Authorization
Metasploit	Pentaho Business Server Auth Bypass and Server Side Template Injection RCE (excellent rank)

Index

Artifact

Stars

First seen

Exploit-DB

Pentaho BA Server EE 9.3.0.0-428 - Remote Code Execution (RCE) (Unauthenticated)

2023-04-08

Nuclei

Hitachi Pentaho Business Analytics Server - Bypass Authorization

Metasploit

Pentaho Business Server Auth Bypass and Server Side Template Injection RCE (excellent rank)

Waratek protection

Outside Waratek scope

A Java vulnerability, but not one Waratek protects. It affects only Java on a user's desktop (applets, Web Start, JavaFX, the installer), sits in a product the Waratek agent can't be installed into, or is in a package we don't expect in business applications. The decision below says which.

Protection none
Action not pursued none
Review human Researcher
Record active

Decided by	A researcher's recorded decision for this specific CVE
Finding	A researcher set this CVE's status to Outside Waratek scope.

Decided by

A researcher's recorded decision for this specific CVE

Finding

A researcher set this CVE's status to Outside Waratek scope.

Waratek research note

written 2026-11-13

Written by a Waratek engineer who reviewed this CVE. Their decision sets the status above, ahead of every automated rule except a withdrawal.

Comments

Authorization bypass via a non-canonical /require.js URL suffix that Spring Security's intercept-url regex lets through anonymously; no ARMR rule sees the access check, and the code execution in public exploits comes from the chained CVE-2022-43769 SpEL injection, classified separately.

CVSS

9.8 CRITICAL v3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 2 metrics

We show the highest score from the newest CVSS version. Scores from different versions can't be compared, and the first score listed is sometimes a 0.0 placeholder.

Version Score Band Vector Assigner Type

CVSS 3.1 9.8 CRITICAL CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H NVD Primary published

CVSS 3.1 8.6 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H security.vulnerabilities@hitachivantara.com Secondary

Version	Score	Band	Vector	Assigner	Type
CVSS 3.1	9.8	CRITICAL	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`	NVD	Primary	published
CVSS 3.1	8.6	HIGH	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H`	security.vulnerabilities@hitachivantara.com	Secondary

Affected software and releases

Products and versions

1 product, 2 version entries

Source	Vendor	Product	Scheme	Affected versions
nvd	hitachi	vantara pentaho business analytics server	generic	＜ 9.3.0.2 · 9.4.0.0

Source

Vendor

Product

Scheme

Affected versions

nvd

hitachi

vantara pentaho business analytics server

generic

＜ 9.3.0.2 · 9.4.0.0

References

URL	Tags
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-
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172296/Pentaho-Business-Server-Authentication-Bypass-SSTI-Code-Execution.html	Exploit
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-43939	US Government Resource

URL

Timeline

Published	2023-04-03	By the CVE Program.
VulnCheck KEV: earliest evidence	2023-11-17	Date of the oldest evidence of exploitation in VulnCheck KEV's record. VulnCheck does not publish the date it listed the CVE.
Added to CISA KEV	2025-03-03	Listed in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
NVD record modified	2026-06-17	NVD's own last-modified date for this record.
Last VRT activity	2026-09-29	Most recent commit touching this CVE's classification, patch or rule file.
VulnCheck KEV: latest evidence	2026-11-01	Date of the newest report, exploit reference or honeypot sighting in VulnCheck KEV's record.
Classification created	2026-11-13	First commit adding this CVE's research note.

Published

2023-04-03

By the CVE Program.

VulnCheck KEV: earliest evidence

2023-11-17

Date of the oldest evidence of exploitation in VulnCheck KEV's record. VulnCheck does not publish the date it listed the CVE.

Added to CISA KEV

2025-03-03

Listed in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

NVD record modified

2026-06-17

NVD's own last-modified date for this record.

Last VRT activity

2026-09-29

Most recent commit touching this CVE's classification, patch or rule file.

VulnCheck KEV: latest evidence

2026-11-01

Date of the newest report, exploit reference or honeypot sighting in VulnCheck KEV's record.

Classification created

2026-11-13

First commit adding this CVE's research note.

How VRT decided (4 of 24 rules ran)

4 of 24 rules ran. The rest didn't run because an earlier rule had already settled the CVE.

# Rule Outcome Status Detail

identity: Does this identifier describe a vulnerability at all? the first rule that matches decides

1 rejected no match CVE Program withdrawal of this identifier

scope: Is it a vulnerability Waratek protects? the first rule that matches decides

2 armr-patch-file no match An ARMR patch file on disk for this CVE

3 armr-secure-rule-file no match An ARMR security-rule template on disk for this CVE

4 manual-classification decided it matched Outside Waratek scope A researcher set this CVE's status to Outside Waratek scope.

5 manual classification not reached Manual classification of this CVE in the legacy dataset

6 non-java-upstream not reached A root cause in non-Java code: an OS kernel, a C library, or a bundled runtime

7 oracle-component not reached The defect being in a component of a tracked product the agent does not reach: JavaFX, the Java SE installer, the JInitiator browser plug-in, the native WebLogic proxy plug-in, or a native part of Oracle Application Server or Collaboration Suite (HTTP Server, Web Cache, Internet Directory, mail and calendar servers). Oracle gives these no CPE of their own and names them only in the description.

8 java-client-side not reached Oracle's own risk-matrix note saying the CVE is reached only through untrusted code in the Java sandbox (applets, Web Start) or only through a client installation of Java, so a server running its own trusted code is not exposed

9 osv-maven not reached An OSV.dev record of this CVE affecting a package published to Maven Central. When every such package is one business applications do not use (Minecraft mods and launchers, Fastjson) and no tracked product is named by CPE, it settles the CVE as Outside Waratek scope instead

10 cna-maven-package not reached An affected Maven artifact named by the CNA itself

11 known-cpe-product not reached An NVD CPE naming a product ARMR tracks

12 cna-cpe-product not reached A CPE the CNA published naming a tracked product. Oracle publishes these on advisory day, months before NVD.

13 oracle-advisory-family not reached A tracked product family named in Oracle's own risk matrix. CPE cannot carry a suite name, only a module.

14 cna-named-product not reached A tracked product named in words by the CVE's own CNA, on a record with no CPE yet. Apache and Eclipse publish these on advisory day, before NVD adds CPE data.

15 non-deployable-product not reached The only affected product being a sealed appliance image, where Java runs but no -javaagent can be attached

16 unmatched-product not reached No tracked product matched above, and none present at all

disposition: What do we do about one that is? every rule runs

17 patch-hint not reached A reference pointing at the upstream fix: a commit, a PR, a Red Hat bug

18 open-source-maven not reached The affected package being open source on Maven, so the fix can be read

19 poc-derivable not reached An indexed exploit clearing the evidence bar to reverse-engineer, where there is no source to read

20 no-exploit not reached Nothing to build a rule from yet: no published exploit, no CISA record of exploitation and no source-level change to read

21 secure-rule-match not reached A vulnerability class already blocked by an ARMR security rule

22 exploited-no-fix-or-poc not reached Somebody exploiting this CVE (a CISA or VulnCheck KEV listing, or a CISA verdict of active exploitation), with no fix, source code or PoC to build a rule from

23 below-action-threshold not reached Medium or Low severity, no CISA or VulnCheck KEV listing, no PoC clearing the evidence bar, no CISA verdict, no Oracle advisory

24 no-exploit-published not reached Exploit code for this candidate, published in a reviewed catalogue or a GitHub repository with 5 or more stars, or in use per CISA or VulnCheck; not only a CISA verdict, a forecast, or nothing at all

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