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CVE-2026-22738GHSA-FVH3-672C-7P6C

SpEL Injection via Unescaped Filter Key in SimpleVectorStore Leads to Remote Code Execution

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 1.0.5, 1.1.4
2 proofs of concept on GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: yes
  • Technical impact: total

Summary

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.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • Spring Spring AI

    From 1.0.0 · fixed in 1.0.5; From 1.1.0 · fixed in 1.1.4

  • org.springframework.ai:spring-ai-vector-storeMaven

    From 1.0.0 · fixed in 1.0.5

  • org.springframework.ai:spring-ai-vector-storeMaven

    From 1.1.0-M1 · fixed in 1.1.4

References 3

spring.io

GitHub · n0n4m3x41/CVE-2026-22738-POC

GitHub · rockmelodies/CVE-2026-22738