# CVE-2021-45447: Information disclosure in Pentaho Business Analytics Server

> Attackers can sniff network traffic to steal database passwords when the Data Lineage feature is enabled, potentially leading to unauthorized access.

- **Severity:** High 7.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 2 Nov 2022
- **Updated:** 2 May 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3j5x-8vq5-wc5h

## What is CVE-2021-45447?

CVE-2021-45447 is a high-severity vulnerability in Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server, published on 2 Nov 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-319 (Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-45447?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Hitachi Vantara Pentaho.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-45447?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-45447 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-45447 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-45447 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server

- [CVE-2021-34684](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-34684/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-31599](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-31599/): Code injection in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2022-4815](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4815/): Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server - Deserialization of Untrusted Data (high 8.0)
- [CVE-2021-45448](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-45448/): Path traversal in Pentaho Business Analytics Server (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2021-31601](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-31601/): Information disclosure in n/a (high 7.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-45447 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-45447 is a high-severity vulnerability in Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server, published on 2 Nov 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-45447 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-45447/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-45447/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-45447
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-45447
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-45447

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-45447/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.