Server-Side Request Forgery via Filter Expression Keys in Neo4jVectorStore
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- SQL injection
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-89.
Summary
Spring AI's spring-ai-neo4j-store contains a Cypher injection vulnerability in Neo4jVectorFilterExpressionConverter. When a user-controlled string is passed as a filter expression key in Neo4jVectorFilterExpressionConverter of spring-ai-neo4j-store, doKey() embeds the key into a backtick-delimited Cypher property accessor (node.`metadata.`) after stripping only double quotes, without escaping embedded backticks.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
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VMware | Spring AI | 1.0.0 to before 1.0.5; 1.1.0 to before 1.1.4 | 1.0.5, 1.1.4 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | org.springframework.ai:spring-ai-neo4j-store (Maven) | 1.0.0-M5 to before 1.0.5 | 1.0.5 | Patch available | GHSA-7cj7-rcw6-p68v |
| — | org.springframework.ai:spring-ai-neo4j-store (Maven) | 1.1.0-M1 to before 1.1.4 | 1.1.4 | Patch available | GHSA-7cj7-rcw6-p68v |
- 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-neo4j-store (Maven) Vendor— Affected 1.0.0-M5 to before 1.0.5 Fixed in 1.0.5 Patch available GHSA-7cj7-rcw6-p68v
- org.springframework.ai:spring-ai-neo4j-store (Maven) Vendor— Affected 1.1.0-M1 to before 1.1.4 Fixed in 1.1.4 Patch available GHSA-7cj7-rcw6-p68v
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Spring AI (Spring) Fixed in 1.0.5, 1.1.4
- Fix · GHSA-7cj7-rcw6-p68v org.springframework.ai:spring-ai-neo4j-store (Maven) Fixed in 1.0.5 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-7cj7-rcw6-p68v org.springframework.ai:spring-ai-neo4j-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-2026-18262 SpEL Injection via Unescaped Filter Key in SimpleVectorStore Leads to Remote Code ExecutionPriority MEDIUM 51
- 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
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-22743
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7cj7-rcw6-p68v
References
More VMware Spring Ai vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-18262 SpEL Injection via Unescaped Filter Key in SimpleVectorStore Leads to Remote Code Execution CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- 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
Sources
- CVE-2026-22743 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-22743 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-7cj7-rcw6-p68v · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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