SQL injection in VMware Spring AI
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- SQL injection
- 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-89.
Summary
SQL injection vulnerability in Spring AI's `CosmosDBVectorStore` allows attackers to execute arbitrary SQL queries via crafted document IDs. Affected versions: Spring AI: 1.0.0 - 1.0.5 (fixed in 1.0.6), 1.1.0 - 1.1.4 (fixed in 1.1.5)
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
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-azure-cosmos-db-store (Maven) | 1.0.0 to before 1.0.6 | 1.0.6 | Patch available | GHSA-63c8-m9m2-cvr3 |
| — | org.springframework.ai:spring-ai-azure-cosmos-db-store (Maven) | 1.1.0 to before 1.1.5 | 1.1.5 | Patch available | GHSA-63c8-m9m2-cvr3 |
- 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-azure-cosmos-db-store (Maven) Vendor— Affected 1.0.0 to before 1.0.6 Fixed in 1.0.6 Patch available GHSA-63c8-m9m2-cvr3
- org.springframework.ai:spring-ai-azure-cosmos-db-store (Maven) Vendor— Affected 1.1.0 to before 1.1.5 Fixed in 1.1.5 Patch available GHSA-63c8-m9m2-cvr3
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Spring AI (Spring) Fixed in 1.0.6, 1.1.5
- Fix · GHSA-63c8-m9m2-cvr3 org.springframework.ai:spring-ai-azure-cosmos-db-store (Maven) Fixed in 1.0.6 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-63c8-m9m2-cvr3 org.springframework.ai:spring-ai-azure-cosmos-db-store (Maven) Fixed in 1.1.5 Advisory →
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Spring AI 1.0.6, 1.1.5
4 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 2 MEDIUM, 2 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-29618 Code injection in VMware Spring AIPriority MEDIUM 45
- TI-2026-29631 Uncontrolled resource consumption in VMware Spring AIPriority LOW 28
- TI-2026-29630 In Spring AI, having access to a shared environment can expose the ONNX model used by the…Priority LOW 26
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-40978
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-63c8-m9m2-cvr3
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-2026-40978 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-40978 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-63c8-m9m2-cvr3 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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