# CVE-2024-5705: Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server - Incorrect Authorization

> Attackers can bypass access restrictions to execute system-level processes due to incorrect authorization checks in Pentaho Business Analytics Server.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/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:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 19 Feb 2025
- **Updated:** 20 Feb 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-767x-vx85-f9jj

## What is CVE-2024-5705?

CVE-2024-5705 is a high-severity missing authorization 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 product performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action, but it does not correctly perform the check. This allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions. (CWE-863) 

 

 

Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server versions before 10.2.0.0 and 9.3.0.9, including 8.3.x, have modules enabled by default that allow execution of system level processes. 

 

When access control checks are incorrectly applied, users can access data or perform actions that they should not be allowed to perform. This can lead to a wide range of problems, including information exposures and denial of service.

Weakness: CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-5705?


## How do I fix CVE-2024-5705?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-5705 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-5705 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-5705 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-5705 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-5705 is a high-severity missing authorization 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-2024-5705 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-2024-5705/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5705/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-5705
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5705
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-5705

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5705/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.