# CVE-2024-37361: 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 due to unsafe deserialization.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/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:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 19 Feb 2025
- **Updated:** 20 Feb 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-298w-pg84-p7jw

## What is CVE-2024-37361?

CVE-2024-37361 is a critical unsafe deserialization vulnerability in Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server, published on 19 Feb 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The application deserializes untrusted data without sufficiently verifying that the resulting data will be valid. (CWE-502)

 

Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server versions before 10.2.0.0 and 9.3.0.9, including 8.3.x, deserialize untrusted JSON data without constraining the parser to approved classes and methods.

 

When developers place no restrictions on "gadget chains," or series of instances and method invocations that can self-execute during the deserialization process (i.e., before the object is returned to the caller), it is sometimes possible for attackers to leverage them to perform unauthorized actions.

Weakness: CWE-502 (Deserialization of Untrusted Data)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-37361?


## How do I fix CVE-2024-37361?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-37361 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-37361 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-37361 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-37361 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-37361 is a critical unsafe deserialization vulnerability in Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server, published on 19 Feb 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-37361 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-2024-37361/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-37361/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-37361
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-37361
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-37361

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-37361/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.