CVE-2024-6697 Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server - Improper Handling of Insufficient Permissions or Privileges
An attacker can cause a denial of service in Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server by exploiting improper handling of insufficient permissions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-6697?
CVE-2024-6697 is a medium-severity denial of service 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 does not handle or incorrectly handles when it has insufficient privileges to access resources or functionality as specified by their permissions. This may cause it to follow unexpected code paths that may leave the product in an invalid state. (CWE-280)
Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server versions before 10.2.0.0 and 9.3.0.9, including 8.3.x, do not handle invalid and missing permissions correctly, resulting in a denial of service.
An adversary leverages a legitimate capability of an application in such a way as to achieve a negative technical impact.
Weakness: CWE-280
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-6697?
How do I fix CVE-2024-6697?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-6697 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2024-6697 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-6697 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vp3x-fq4p-vf29.