# CVE-2022-43770: Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server - Incorrect Authorization

> Attackers can bypass authorization checks in the dashboard editor plugin API of Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 11 Apr 2023
- **Updated:** 7 Feb 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-j4q7-rgmr-c632

## What is CVE-2022-43770?

CVE-2022-43770 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server, published on 11 Apr 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server versions before 9.3.0.0, 9.2.0.4 and 8.3.0.27 does not correctly perform an authorization check in the dashboard editor plugin API.

Weakness: CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-43770?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Hitachivantara Pentaho Business Analytics.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-43770?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-43770 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-43770 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-43770 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server

- [CVE-2016-10701](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-10701/): Cross-site request forgery in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2022-3695](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3695/): Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2023-2358](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2358/): Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server – Password Stored in a Recoverable Format (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-43770 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-43770 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server, published on 11 Apr 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-43770 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-2022-43770/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-43770/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-43770
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-43770
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-43770

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-43770/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.