RCE in Spring Ai
CVE-2026-22738
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.
Vulnerability class: Log4Shell (CVE-2021-44228)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.011 (64.0th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 64th percentile — 64.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Spring Ai — versions 1.0.0, 1.1.0
- VMware Spring Ai
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- spring.io/security/cve-2026-22738 (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-22738?
- CVE-2026-22738 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Spring Ai, classified under Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an Expression Language Statement (Expression Language Injection). CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2026-03-27.
- How severe is CVE-2026-22738?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2026-22738 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.