critical9.8
CVE-2026-22738
In Spring AI, a SpEL injection vulnerability exists in SimpleVectorStore when a user-supplied value is used as a filter expression key.
Impact
In Spring AI, a SpEL injection vulnerability exists in SimpleVectorStore when a user-supplied value is used as a filter expression key. A malicious actor could exploit this to execute arbitrary code. Only applications that use SimpleVectorStore and pass user-supplied input as a filter expression key are affected. This issue affects Spring AI: from 1.0.0 before 1.0.5, from 1.1.0 before 1.1.4.
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| maven | org.springframework.ai:spring-ai-vector-store | >= 1.0.0, < 1.0.5 | 1.0.5 |
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Vmware | Spring Ai | from 1.0.0 before 1.0.5 from 1.1.0 before 1.1.4 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- GitHub advisory
- https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-22738
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fvh3-672c-7p6c
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-22738
- https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-ai/commit/ba9220b22383e430d5f801ce8e4fa01cf9e75f29
- https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-ai/releases/tag/v1.0.5
- https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-ai/releases/tag/v1.1.4