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CVE-2026-22738
March 27, 2026
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
https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-ai.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v1.1.0 <v1.1.4
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v1.1.4
https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-ai.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v0.8.0 <v1.0.5
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v1.0.5
https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-ai.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v0.8.0 <v1.0.5
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v1.0.5
https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-ai.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v0.8.0 <v1.0.5
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v1.0.5
https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-ai.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v1.1.0 <v1.1.4
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v1.1.4
org.springframework.ai:spring-ai-vector-store (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=1.1.0 <1.1.4
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 1.1.4
org.springframework.ai:spring-ai-vector-store (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=1.0.0 <1.0.5
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 1.0.5
org.springframework.ai:spring-ai-vector-store (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=1.0.0 <1.0.5
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 1.0.5
org.springframework.ai:spring-ai-vector-store (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=1.1.0 <1.1.4
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 1.1.4
org.springframework.ai:spring-ai-vector-store (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=1.0.0 <1.0.5
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 1.0.5
org.springframework.ai:spring-ai-vector-store (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=1.1.0 <1.1.4
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 1.1.4
Related Resources (6)
https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-ai/releases/tag/v1.0.5
https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-ai
https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-ai/commit/ba9220b22383e430d5f801ce8e4fa01cf9e75f29
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-22738
https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-ai/releases/tag/v1.1.4
https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-22738
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CVSS v3
Base Score:
9.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an Expression Language Statement ('Expression Language Injection')
CWE-917
Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
CWE-94
EPSS
Base Score:
0.07