CVE-2021-45447 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2021-45447

Pentaho Business Analytics Server - With the Data Lineage feature enabled, the system transmits database passwords in clear text

Vulnerability Description

Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server versions before 9.3.0.0, 9.2.0.2 and 8.3.0.25 with the Data Lineage feature enabled transmits database passwords in clear text.   The transmission of sensitive data in clear text allows unauthorized actors with access to the network to sniff and obtain sensitive information that can be later used to gain unauthorized access.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Hitachi Vantara

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Affected Software

Pentaho Business Analytics Server
Vulnerable Versions:
9.0.0.0, 1.0

Timeline

Official Publish: November 2nd, 2022
Last Modified: May 2nd, 2025
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)