Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Data Integration and Analytics up to 10.x Cluster Test API insufficiently protected credentials

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Data Integration and Analytics up to 10.x. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Cluster Test API. The manipulation results in insufficiently protected credentials. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-2255. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Data Integration and Analytics up to 10.x. Affected is some unknown functionality of the component Cluster Test API. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a insufficiently protected credentials vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-522. The product transmits or stores authentication credentials, but it uses an insecure method that is susceptible to unauthorized interception and/or retrieval. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Hitachi Vantara Pentaho Data Integration & Analytics versions before 10.2.0.6 and 11.0.0.0, including 9.3.x and 8.3.x, expose Hadoop cluster credentials in plain text through the Cluster Test API. Although the user should not see those explicitly, the defect is mitigated by the fact the user can already leverage those credentials to submit jobs under the same account through the backend API.

The advisory is available at support.pentaho.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-2255 since 02/09/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1552 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 10.2.0.6 or 11.0.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2026-32046). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.2

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VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Insufficiently protected credentials
CWE: CWE-522
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Pentaho Data Integration and Analytics 10.2.0.6/11.0.0

Timelineinfo

02/09/2026 CVE reserved
05/27/2026 +106 days Advisory disclosed
05/27/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
05/27/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: support.pentaho.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-2255 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-2255
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-365850
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Entryinfo

Created: 05/27/2026 06:29
Updated: 05/27/2026 09:00
Changes: 05/27/2026 06:29 (63), 05/27/2026 09:00 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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