# CVE-2022-43772: Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server - Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

> Attackers with log access can read cluster credentials exposed in clear text, requiring an upgrade to Pentaho Business Analytics Server.

- **Severity:** Low 3.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 3 Apr 2023
- **Updated:** 11 Feb 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4rmp-wcvv-c8xm

## What is CVE-2022-43772?

CVE-2022-43772 is a low-severity vulnerability in Hitachi Vantara  Pentaho Business Analytics Server, published on 3 Apr 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, 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 with the Big Data Plugin expose the username and password of clusters in clear text into system logs.

Weakness: CWE-532 (Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-43772?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-43772?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-43772 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-43772 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-43772 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-2022-43772 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-43772 is a low-severity vulnerability in Hitachi Vantara  Pentaho Business Analytics Server, published on 3 Apr 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-43772 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-2022-43772/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-43772/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-43772
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-43772
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-43772

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-43772/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.