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TI-2026-18262 Aliases CVE-2026-22738GHSA-fvh3-672c-7p6c

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

Priority MEDIUM 51CWE-88Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-88.

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.01107 66th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Spring AI (Spring): 1.0.5, 1.1.4org.springframework.ai:spring-ai-vector-store (Maven): 1.0.5, 1.1.4

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
VMwareSpring AI1.0.0 to before 1.0.5; 1.1.0 to before 1.1.41.0.5, 1.1.4Patch availableCNA
—org.springframework.ai:spring-ai-vector-store (Maven)1.0.0 to before 1.0.51.0.5Patch availableGHSA-fvh3-672c-7p6c
—org.springframework.ai:spring-ai-vector-store (Maven)1.1.0-M1 to before 1.1.41.1.4Patch availableGHSA-fvh3-672c-7p6c
  • Spring AI VendorVMware Affected 1.0.0 to before 1.0.5; 1.1.0 to before 1.1.4 Fixed in 1.0.5, 1.1.4 Patch available CNA
  • org.springframework.ai:spring-ai-vector-store (Maven) Vendor— Affected 1.0.0 to before 1.0.5 Fixed in 1.0.5 Patch available GHSA-fvh3-672c-7p6c
  • org.springframework.ai:spring-ai-vector-store (Maven) Vendor— Affected 1.1.0-M1 to before 1.1.4 Fixed in 1.1.4 Patch available GHSA-fvh3-672c-7p6c

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_ai:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.0 to before 1.0.5; 1.1.0 to before 1.1.4VulnerableVMware
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_ai:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.0 to before 1.0.5; 1.1.0 to before 1.1.4 Vulnerable ·VMware

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Spring AI (Spring) Fixed in 1.0.5, 1.1.4
  • Fix · GHSA-fvh3-672c-7p6c org.springframework.ai:spring-ai-vector-store (Maven) Fixed in 1.0.5 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-fvh3-672c-7p6c org.springframework.ai:spring-ai-vector-store (Maven) Fixed in 1.1.4 Advisory →

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Release ·

    Spring AI 1.0.5, 1.1.4

    4 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 2 MEDIUM, 2 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2026-18266 Server-Side Request Forgery in BedrockProxyChatModel via Unvalidated Media URL FetchingPriority MEDIUM 43
    • TI-2026-18268 Injection in VMware Spring AIPriority LOW 38
    • TI-2026-18267 Server-Side Request Forgery via Filter Expression Keys in Neo4jVectorStorePriority LOW 38
    Show all 4 records →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-22738
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fvh3-672c-7p6c

References

Advisory 2

Other 4

  • TI-2026-29618 Code injection in VMware Spring AI CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
  • TI-2026-18254 CVE-2026-22729: JSONPath Injection in Spring AI Vector Stores FilterExpressionConverter CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
  • TI-2026-35287 Spring AI vector store metadata filtering to handle special characters in Elasticsearch… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
  • TI-2026-30221 Expression language injection in VMware Spring AI CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
  • TI-2026-18266 Server-Side Request Forgery in BedrockProxyChatModel via Unvalidated Media URL Fetching CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
  • TI-2026-42449 DefaultToolCallingManager Global Resolver Fallback Allows Unadvertised Tool Dispatch via Prompt Injection CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
See all 22 →

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