VectorStoreChatMemoryAdvisor conversation scoping can lead to cross-tenant memory exfiltration
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- 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-284.
Summary
In Spring AI, an attacker can bypass conversation isolation and exfiltrate sensitive memory from other users’ chat histories, including secrets and credentials, by injecting filter logic through conversationId. Only applications that use VectorStoreChatMemoryAdvisor and pass user-supplied input as a conversationId are affected.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- 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 1.0.6; 1.1.0 to before 1.1.5 | 1.0.6, 1.1.5 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | org.springframework.ai:spring-ai-advisors-vector-store (Maven) | 1.0.0 to before 1.0.6 | 1.0.6 | Patch available | GHSA-v6x6-pjxw-3pv2 |
| — | org.springframework.ai:spring-ai-advisors-vector-store (Maven) | 1.1.0 to before 1.1.5 | 1.1.5 | Patch available | GHSA-v6x6-pjxw-3pv2 |
- Spring AI VendorVMware Affected 1.0.0 to before 1.0.6; 1.1.0 to before 1.1.5 Fixed in 1.0.6, 1.1.5 Patch available CNA
- org.springframework.ai:spring-ai-advisors-vector-store (Maven) Vendor— Affected 1.0.0 to before 1.0.6 Fixed in 1.0.6 Patch available GHSA-v6x6-pjxw-3pv2
- org.springframework.ai:spring-ai-advisors-vector-store (Maven) Vendor— Affected 1.1.0 to before 1.1.5 Fixed in 1.1.5 Patch available GHSA-v6x6-pjxw-3pv2
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Spring AI (VMware) Fixed in 1.0.6, 1.1.5
- Fix · GHSA-v6x6-pjxw-3pv2 org.springframework.ai:spring-ai-advisors-vector-store (Maven) Fixed in 1.0.6 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-v6x6-pjxw-3pv2 org.springframework.ai:spring-ai-advisors-vector-store (Maven) Fixed in 1.1.5 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-40966
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-v6x6-pjxw-3pv2
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-2026-40966 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-40966 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-v6x6-pjxw-3pv2 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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