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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.

Official resources

CISA published the supplied advisory on 2025-02-25, and the source item revision history shows an initial version on the same date. The CVE identifier is older, but the timing context in this debrief follows the advisory publication date in