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TI-2026-29631 Aliases CVE-2026-40980GHSA-26gg-9gv2-v27j

Uncontrolled resource consumption in VMware Spring AI

Priority LOW 28CWE-400Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-400.

Summary

In Spring AI, a malicious PDF file can be crafted that triggers the allocation of unreasonable amounts of memory when handled by `ForkPDFLayoutTextStripper`. 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

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0024 15th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Spring AI (Spring): 1.0.6, 1.1.5org.springframework.ai:spring-ai-pdf-document-reader (Maven): 1.0.6, 1.1.5

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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
VMwareSpring AI1.0.0 to before 1.0.6; 1.1.0 to before 1.1.51.0.6, 1.1.5Patch availableCNA
—org.springframework.ai:spring-ai-pdf-document-reader (Maven)1.0.0 to before 1.0.61.0.6Patch availableGHSA-26gg-9gv2-v27j
—org.springframework.ai:spring-ai-pdf-document-reader (Maven)1.1.0 to before 1.1.51.1.5Patch availableGHSA-26gg-9gv2-v27j
  • 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-pdf-document-reader (Maven) Vendor— Affected 1.0.0 to before 1.0.6 Fixed in 1.0.6 Patch available GHSA-26gg-9gv2-v27j
  • org.springframework.ai:spring-ai-pdf-document-reader (Maven) Vendor— Affected 1.1.0 to before 1.1.5 Fixed in 1.1.5 Patch available GHSA-26gg-9gv2-v27j

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_ai:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.0 to before 1.0.6; 1.1.0 to before 1.1.5VulnerableVMware
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_ai:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.0 to before 1.0.6; 1.1.0 to before 1.1.5 Vulnerable ·VMware

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Spring AI (Spring) Fixed in 1.0.6, 1.1.5
  • Fix · GHSA-26gg-9gv2-v27j org.springframework.ai:spring-ai-pdf-document-reader (Maven) Fixed in 1.0.6 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-26gg-9gv2-v27j org.springframework.ai:spring-ai-pdf-document-reader (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-2026-29629 SQL injection in VMware Spring AIPriority MEDIUM 40
    • TI-2026-29630 In Spring AI, having access to a shared environment can expose the ONNX model used by the…Priority LOW 26
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Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-40980
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-26gg-9gv2-v27j

References

Advisory 2

Other 1

  • 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
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