# CVE-2023-2358: Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server – Password Stored in a Recoverable Format

> Attackers can recover plaintext passwords for Hadoop Copy Files steps in Pentaho Business Analytics Server, leading to credential exposure.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/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:** 26 Sep 2023
- **Updated:** 23 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-cr32-vq7c-r25j

## What is CVE-2023-2358?

CVE-2023-2358 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server, published on 26 Sep 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 prior to versions 9.5.0.0 and 9.3.0.4, including 8.3.x.x, saves passwords of the Hadoop Copy Files step in plaintext.

Weakness: CWE-312 (Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information), CWE-257 (Storing Passwords in a Recoverable Format)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-2358?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Hitachivantara Pentaho Business Analytics.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-2358?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-2358 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-2358 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-2358 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-2022-43770](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-43770/): Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server - Incorrect Authorization (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-2358 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-2358 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server, published on 26 Sep 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-2023-2358 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-2023-2358/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2358/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-2358
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2358
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-2358

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2358/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.