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Vulnerability record · CVE-2026-22738 · published 27 March 2026

CVE-2026-22738: Vmware spring ai expression language injection vulnerability

Vmware · Spring Ai

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.

9.8 CVSS 3.1 Critical EPSS 1.1% · top 36.1% CWE-917 · Expression language injectionCWE-88 · Argument injection
9.8CVSS 3.1 base score
1.1%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
1References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

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.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-22738 Vendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2026-22738), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.