CVE-2024-28981Network attack vector

Database password disclosure via metadata field searches

Published Sep 11, 2024 · Updated Sep 12, 2024

Credential disclosure in Pentaho Data Integration & Analytics allows remote authenticated users to retrieve database passwords via metadata searches. The metadata search path returns stored database passwords while processing injectable fields; Hitachi Vantara has not identified the responsible function or validation error. Low-privileged access is required in the published affected ranges, and retrieved credentials can enable downstream database access.

CVSS severity8.5
High
EPSS probability0.27%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Credential disclosure in Pentaho Data Integration & Analytics allows remote authenticated users to retrieve database passwords via metadata searches. The metadata search path returns stored database passwords while processing injectable fields; Hitachi Vantara has not identified the responsible function or validation error. Low-privileged access is required in the published affected ranges, and retrieved credentials can enable downstream database access.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-28981
Published
Sep 11, 2024
Updated
Sep 12, 2024
Vendor
Hitachi Vantara
Product
Pentaho Data Integration and Analytics
Classifications
CWE-522, T1555
Attack vector
network
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Sep 11, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Sep 12, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=1.0 <9.3.0.8
  2. Affected versionversion=9.4.0.0 <10.1.0.0

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

Hitachi Vantara · Pentaho Data Integration and Analyticsversion=1.0 <9.3.0.8; version=9.4.0.0 <10.1.0.0

Published CVSS scores

8.5Hitachi VantaraCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N

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Attacks

What attackers are doing with it

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Sep 9, 2026Sep 15, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 15, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-522Insufficiently Protected Credentials
T1555Credentials from Password Stores

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