CVE-2022-43941 - CVE House

Status published High CVE-2022-43941

Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server - Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

7.1 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server versions before 9.4.0.1 and 9.3.0.2, including 8.3.x do not correctly protect the Post Analysis service endpoint of the data access plugin against out-of-band XML External Entity Reference.

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

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

Harry Withington, Aura Information Security

References

https://support.pentaho.com/hc/en-us/articles/14456719346957--Resolved-Pentaho-BA-Server-Improper-Restriction-of-XML-External-Entity-Reference-Versions-before-9-4-0-1-and-9-3-0-2-including-8-3-x-Impacted-CVE-2022-43940-CVE-2022-43941-

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Affected Software

Pentaho Business Analytics Server

Vulnerable Versions:

1.0, 9.4.0.0

Timeline

Official Publish: April 3rd, 2023

Last Modified: February 11th, 2025

Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

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

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-611

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application

Initial Access

T1005 Data from Local System

Collection

T1040 Network Sniffing