# CVE-2022-43769: Hitachi Vantara Pentaho BA Server Special Element Injection Vulnerability

- Exploited (CISA KEV): yes, added 2025-03-03
- Published: 2023-04-03
- CVSS: 8.8 HIGH (v3.1)
- EPSS: 97.7% (100th percentile)
- CWE: CWE-74

Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Business Analytics Server prior to versions 9.4.0.1 and 9.3.0.2, including 8.3.x allow certain web services to set property values which contain Spring templates that are interpreted downstream.

## Edge WAF coverage (claimed by vendors, not measured)

| Vendor | Status | First rule | Days after publication |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloudflare | Blocks by default | 2025-03-17 | — |
| AWS | No public claim | — | — |
| Microsoft Azure | No public claim | — | — |
| Google Cloud | Before feed history | — | — |
| Fastly | Before feed history | — | — |
| F5 | Rule published | 2025-06-30 | 819 |
| Akamai | No public source | — | — |
| OWASP CRS | No public claim | — | — |

### Cloudflare

- 2025-03-17 · updated · rule 35fe23e7bd324d00816c82d098d47b69 · default Block
  > Pentaho - Template Injection - CVE:CVE-2022-43769, CVE:CVE-2022-43939. Previous action: Log. New action: Block.
  Source: https://developers.cloudflare.com/changelog/post/2025-03-17-waf-release/

### F5

- 2025-06-30 · new · rule 200204014
  > Added: signature 200204014 "Hitachi Vantara Pentaho SSTI" (Server Side Code Injection, risk High), systems: Java Servlets/JSP, Other Web Server. References: CVE-2022-43939, CVE-2022-43769.
  Source: https://docs.cloud.f5.com/docs-v2/platform/changelogs/security-details-changelog

## Our test (measured)

- OWASP Core Rule Set 4.25.0, paranoia level 1, anomaly threshold 5, default CRS settings: passed (0 of 1 requests blocked), template CVE-2022-43769, 2026-11-02
- OWASP Core Rule Set 4.25.0, paranoia level 2, anomaly threshold 5, default CRS settings: passed (0 of 1 requests blocked), template CVE-2022-43769, 2026-11-02

"No public claim" means no vendor statement names this CVE; "Before feed history" means the CVE is older than the vendor feed. In both cases generic rules may still block it.

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