CVE-2022-43939
Hitachi Vantara Pentaho BA Server Authorization Bypass Vulnerability
Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics (BA) ServerApplications & CMS
CVSS
8.6HighExploit odds (EPSS)92.3%Chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 99% of CVEs. Scored 23 Oct 2026FIRST EPSS
CISA required actionApply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. CISA KEV
What fixes it
A fixed version on one release line is not the upgrade target for every line. Check your exact version and any vendor backports.
Timeline
- 3 Apr 2023, 18:10 UTCPublishedCVE List
- 4 Apr 2023Exploit code publicMetasploit
- 3 Mar 2025Added to CISA KEVCISA KEV
Public exploit code and templates 3
- Exploit modulePentaho Business Server Auth Bypass and Server Side Template Injection RCE 4 Apr 2023Metasploit
- Webapps exploitPentaho BA Server EE 9.3.0.0-428 - Remote Code Execution (RCE) (Unauthenticated) 8 Apr 2023Exploit-DB
- Scanner templateHitachi Pentaho Business Analytics Server - Bypass AuthorizationNuclei
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Description
Hitachi Vantara Pentaho BA Server contains a use of non-canonical URL paths for authorization decisions vulnerability that enables an attacker to bypass authorization.
Text from CVE List
Affected versions 2
- Pentaho Business Analytics Serveraffected: 1.0 before 9.3.0.2CVE List
- Pentaho Business Analytics Serveraffected: 9.4.0.0 before 9.4.0.1CVE List
References 3
- 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-Referencevia CVE List
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-43939Referencevia CISA KEV
- cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-43939Referencevia CVE List