# CVE-2022-43771: Path traversal in Pentaho Business Analytics Server

> An attacker can exploit a path traversal vulnerability in the CSV import endpoint to access unauthorized files on the server.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **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:** 3 Apr 2023
- **Updated:** 11 Feb 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-84x2-qv2c-9cvx

## What is CVE-2022-43771?

CVE-2022-43771 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server, published on 3 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 9.4.0.0 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.

Weakness: CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-43771?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-43771?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-43771 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-43771 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-43771 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server

- [CVE-2022-43769](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-43769/): Hitachi Vantara Pentaho BA Server Special Element Injection (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-43939](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-43939/): Hitachi Vantara Pentaho BA Server Authorization Bypass (high 8.6, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-43773](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-43773/): Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server - Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2022-43938](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-43938/): Code injection in Pentaho Business Analytics Server (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2022-43940](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-43940/): Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server - Incorrect Authorization (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-43771 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-43771 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server, published on 3 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-2022-43771 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-2022-43771/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-43771/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-43771
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-43771
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-43771

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-43771/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.