# CVE-2022-4815: Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server - Deserialization of Untrusted Data

> Attackers can execute arbitrary code by sending malicious JSON data to the Pentaho Business Analytics Server.

- **Severity:** High 8.0 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 24 May 2023
- **Updated:** 16 Jan 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9ff4-rf5q-wgc5

## What is CVE-2022-4815?

CVE-2022-4815 is a high-severity unsafe deserialization vulnerability in Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server, published on 24 May 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server versions before 9.4.0.1 and 9.3.0.3, including 8.3.x deserialize untrusted JSON data without constraining the parser to approved classes and methods.

Weakness: CWE-502 (Deserialization of Untrusted Data)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-4815?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Hitachi Vantara Pentaho, Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-4815?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-4815 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-4815 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-4815 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-2021-45447](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-45447/): Information disclosure in Pentaho Business Analytics Server (high 7.7)
- [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-2022-4815 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-4815 is a high-severity unsafe deserialization vulnerability in Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server, published on 24 May 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-4815 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-2022-4815/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4815/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-4815
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4815
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-4815

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4815/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.