CVE-2023-2358: Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server – Password Stored in a Recoverable Format

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2023-09-27 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-257

Description

Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server prior to versions 9.5.0.0 and 9.3.0.4, including 8.3.x.x, saves passwords of the Hadoop Copy Files step in plaintext.

Affected products

Hitachivantara Pentaho Business Analytics: before 9.3.0.5; 8.3.0.0 — fixed in 9.3.0.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Hitachivantara Pentaho Business Analytics 9.3.0.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://support.pentaho.com/hc/en-us/articles/19668208622221
https://support.pentaho.com/hc/en-us/articles/19668208622221

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