What is CVE-2026-41705?

CVE-2026-41705 is a high-severity vulnerability in Spring Ai, classified under Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an Expression Language Statement (Expression Language Injection). CVSS score: 8.6/10. Published 2026-05-09.

How severe is CVE-2026-41705?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.6 out of 10.

RCE in Spring Ai

CVE-2026-41705

Spring AI's MilvusVectorStore#doDelete(List) implementation is vulnerable to filter-expression injection via unsanitized document IDs. Spring AI 1.0.x: affected from 1.0.0 through latest 1.0.x; upgrade to 1.0.7 or greater. Spring AI 1.1.x…

Vulnerability class: Log4Shell (CVE-2021-44228)

EPSS: 0.000 (7.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.6 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Spring Ai — versions 1.0.0, 1.1.0
Vmware Spring_ai

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-917 — Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an Expression Language Statement (Expression Language Injection)

References

security@vmware.com (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-41705?: CVE-2026-41705 is a high-severity vulnerability in Spring Ai, classified under Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an Expression Language Statement (Expression Language Injection). CVSS score: 8.6/10. Published 2026-05-09.
How severe is CVE-2026-41705?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.6 out of 10.