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CVE-2022-31813 Hitachi Energy CVE debrief

CVE-2022-31813 is a critical advisory for Hitachi Energy Service Suite, published by CISA on 2025-02-25, affecting versions 9.8.1.3 and below. The supplied advisory characterizes the issue as Apache HTTP Server 2.4 vulnerabilities and recommends updating to Service Suite 9.8.1.4. The CVSS v3.1 vector indicates remote exploitation with no privileges or user interaction required and potential high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

Vendor
Hitachi Energy
Product
Service Suite
CVSS
CRITICAL 9.8
CISA KEV
Not listed in stored evidence
Original CVE published
2025-02-25
Original CVE updated
2025-02-25
Advisory published
2025-02-25
Advisory updated
2025-02-25

Who should care

Organizations running Hitachi Energy Service Suite, especially OT/ICS operators, system administrators, vulnerability management teams, and security operations staff responsible for patching supported industrial software.

Technical summary

The advisory ties CVE-2022-31813 to Hitachi Energy Service Suite versions 9.8.1.3 and below and describes the underlying issue as Apache HTTP Server 2.4 vulnerabilities. The provided CVSS vector is CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H, which indicates a network-reachable issue that does not require privileges or user interaction and could materially affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The supplied corpus does not enumerate the specific upstream Apache vulnerability names, so remediation guidance should rely on the vendor advisory and fixed release.

Defensive priority

Critical. The combination of network exposure, no required privileges, no user interaction, and high impact across C/I/A supports prompt remediation in environments where the affected service is deployed.

Recommended defensive actions

  • Inventory whether Hitachi Energy Service Suite is installed and confirm installed versions.
  • Prioritize upgrading affected systems to version 9.8.1.4 as recommended by the vendor advisory.
  • Validate the upgrade in a maintenance window appropriate for OT/ICS operations.
  • If immediate patching is not possible, reduce exposure by limiting network access to the service and applying compensating controls consistent with ICS defensive practices.
  • Review asset owners, monitoring, and incident response playbooks for systems running the affected software.

Evidence notes

All statements are based on the supplied CISA CSAF source item and the linked official references. The advisory identifies Hitachi Energy Service Suite versions 9.8.1.3 and below as affected and names version 9.8.1.4 as the fix. The CVSS vector is taken from the source item metadata. The corpus does not provide additional exploit details or the exact upstream Apache CVE breakdown, so this debrief avoids naming specific Apache flaws beyond the advisory's stated description.

Sources and references

Verified primary and authoritative sources

  • CVE-2022-31813 CVE Program record

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-31813

    CVE Program - Official CVE Program record with source-provided CVE metadata.

  • CVE-2022-31813 NVD vulnerability detail

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-31813

    NIST National Vulnerability Database - Official NIST NVD detail page and source-specific vulnerability assessment.

Supplemental references

  • Source item URL

    Unverified legacy reference

    URL: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisagov/CSAF/develop/csaf_files/OT/white/2025/icsa-25-133-01.json

    cisa_csaf

  • Source reference

    Unverified legacy reference

    URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-25-133-01

    Reference

  • Source reference

    Unverified legacy reference

    URL: https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/alerts/ICS-ALERT-10-301-01

    Reference

  • Source reference

    Unverified legacy reference

    URL: https://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/resources/ics-recommended-practices

    Reference

  • Source reference

    Unverified legacy reference

    URL: https://www.cisa.gov/topics/industrial-control-systems

    Reference

  • Source reference

    Unverified legacy reference

    URL: https://us-cert.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/recommended_practices/NCCIC_ICS-CERT_Defense_in_Depth_2016_S508C.pdf

    Reference

  • Source reference

    Unverified legacy reference

    URL: https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/publications/Cybersecurity_Best_Practices_for_Industrial_Control_Systems.pdf

    Reference

Methodology and review provenance

AI-assisted synthesis based on stored public vulnerability evidence. System validation, approval state, and publication status do not by themselves establish human review of this revision. PatchSiren helps prioritize defensive review and does not prove exposure or remediation on any system.