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CVE-2026-22738 (GCVE-0-2026-22738)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-27 05:21 – Updated: 2026-05-10 13:04
VLAI
Title
SpEL Injection via Unescaped Filter Key in SimpleVectorStore Leads to Remote Code Execution
Summary
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.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-03-28 03:55 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-88 - Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection')
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Spring Spring AI Affected: 1.0.0 , < 1.0.5 (custom)
Affected: 1.1.0 , < 1.1.4 (custom)
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