CVE-2026-22738
critical
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS v2
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VIR risk
9.8
Description
Spring AI: SpEL injection is triggered when a user-supplied value is used as a filter expression key
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: security@vmware.com — https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-22738
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | org.springframework.ai:spring-ai-vector-store | >=1.0.0,<1.0.5 | 1.0.5 |
| Maven | org.springframework.ai:spring-ai-vector-store | >=1.1.0-M1,<1.1.4 | 1.1.4 |
| MAVEN | org.springframework.ai:spring-ai-vector-store | >= 1.1.0-M1, < 1.1.4 | 1.1.4 |
| MAVEN | org.springframework.ai:spring-ai-vector-store | >= 1.0.0, < 1.0.5 | 1.0.5 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| vmware | spring_ai | {"startIncluding":"1.0.0","endExcluding":"1.0.5"} | 1.0.5 |
References
- https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-22738
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-22738
- https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-ai/commit/ba9220b22383e430d5f801ce8e4fa01cf9e75f29
- https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-ai
- https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-ai/releases/tag/v1.0.5
- https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-ai/releases/tag/v1.1.4
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fvh3-672c-7p6c
CWEs
CWE-917 CWE-88
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.