# CVE-2022-43939: Pentaho Business Analytics Server - Authorization Bypass

> Live exploitation tracking for CVE-2022-43939 by the CrowdSec Live Exploit Tracker, built from real-world attack data crowdsourced from CrowdSec's global network.

Page: https://tracker.crowdsec.net/cves/CVE-2022-43939

## Key facts

- **Exploitation phase:** Limited Exploitation. The vulnerability is known but shows very limited attacker interest or exploitation activity.
- **CVSS score:** 8.6
- **Public exploit available:** Yes
- **Affected products:** Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server
- **Weaknesses:** CWE-647 (Use of Non-Canonical URL Paths for Authorization Decisions)
- **Tags:** enterprise_software

## Description

Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server versions before 9.4.0.1 and 9.3.0.2, including 8.3.x contain security restrictions using non-canonical URLs which can be circumvented.

## CrowdSec analysis

[CVE-2022-43939](https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/CVE-2022-43939) is a vulnerability in Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server which allows attackers to bypass security restrictions through specifically crafted URLs using non-canonical forms.

CrowdSec has been tracking this vulnerability and its exploits since 14th of March 2025.

CrowdSec has not observed any significant exploitation activity targeting CVE-2022-43939 across its network. As a result, no community-driven trend analysis is available for this vulnerability at this time.

Exploitation attempts generally focus on requests to URLs containing both `/pentaho/api/ldap/config/ldaptreenodechildren` and `/require`.

## Timeline

- 2023-04-03: CVE Published. CVE-2022-43939 is published to NVD.
- 2025-03-03: CISA KEV. CVE-2022-43939 is added to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog by CISA.
- 2025-03-14: Rule Released. CrowdSec releases a rule to detect CVE-2022-43939 exploitation attempts against the CrowdSec Network.
- 2025-03-17: CrowdSec First Seen. CrowdSec observes in-the-wild exploitation of CVE-2022-43939 for the first time.
- 2025-03-24: CISA Remediation Deadline. Expiration of the CISA remediation deadline as described in [BOD 22-01](https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-22-01-reducing-significant-risk-known-exploited-vulnerabilities).

## References

- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172296/Pentaho-Business-Server-Authentication-Bypass-SSTI-Code-Execution.html
- https://research.aurainfosec.io/pentest/pentah0wnage/
- https://github.com/dwbzn/pentaho-exploits/blob/main/cve-2022-43769.py

## Live exploitation data

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