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CVE-2026-22738

SpEL Injection via Unescaped Filter Key in SimpleVectorStore Leads to Remote Code Execution

Published: Mar 27, 2026Updated: May 10, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-917
9.8CRITICAL
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
1.1%
Top 37.8%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
Not available

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-917CWE-88

Affected Products

vmware
commercial·USaka vmware inc
spring aiLibraryLibrary
AI / ML / ai-agent-tooling
Spring
oss-projectaka spring boot, spring security, spring framework
Spring AI
OSS Libraries

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Execution
Initial Access
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References

https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-22738
spring.io

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