Assessment
Why it matters
CISA lists this vulnerability as known to be exploited; exploitation is confirmed; EPSS is 97.7%; technical severity is CVSS 7.2.
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.
Who should care
- Teams operating Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server, Pentaho Business Analytics (BA) Server
- Vulnerability and exposure management teams
- Security operations teams monitoring exploitation activity
Response plan
What I would do
- Confirm whether Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server, Pentaho Business Analytics (BA) Server is present in the environment.
- Identify affected versions and establish whether vulnerable services are exposed or reachable.
- Vendor advisory from support.pentaho.com
- Review relevant security telemetry for evidence of attempted or successful exploitation.
- Document the remediation decision and track it to verified completion.
Treatment intelligence
Remediation intelligence
Vendor sources are listed before government and third-party guidance. Confirm product applicability and change prerequisites before deployment.
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Technical details
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CWE
- CWE-74
- Affected versions
- Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server (Start Including 8.3.0.0, End Excluding 9.3.0.2 | Version 9.4.0.0); Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics (BA) Server
- Fixed versions
- Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server (Fixed from 9.3.0.2)
- Published
- 3 April 2023
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
Signal timeline
- CVE published
- Added to CISA KEV
- Latest EPSS score: 97.7%
- Signal calculated at 82