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CVE-2022-43771: Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 23.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-04-03 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server versions before 9.4.0.0 and 9.3.0.1, including 8.3.x, using the Pentaho Data Access plugin exposes a service endpoint for CSV import which allows a user supplied path to access resources that are out of bounds.

Affected products

• Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server: before 9.3.0.1 — fixed in 9.3.0.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server 9.3.0.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://support.pentaho.com/hc/en-us/articles/14455007818509--Resolved-Hitachi-Vantara-Pentaho-Business-Analytics-Server-Improper-Limitation-of-a-Pathname-to-a-Restricted-Directory-Path-Traversal-Versions-before-9-4-0-0-and-9-3-0-1-including-8-3-x-Impacted-CVE-2022-43771-
• https://support.pentaho.com/hc/en-us/articles/14455007818509--Resolved-Hitachi-Vantara-Pentaho-Business-Analytics-Server-Improper-Limitation-of-a-Pathname-to-a-Restricted-Directory-Path-Traversal-Versions-before-9-4-0-0-and-9-3-0-1-including-8-3-x-Impacted-CVE-2022-43771-

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