CVE•Published 2026-03-27•Modified 2026-05-10•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-22738Vmware · Spring_ai
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
16
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 84% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
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.
Timeline
Published 2026-03-27
Modified 2026-05-10
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2026-22738Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product
product:"Vmware Spring Ai"All exposed Vmware Spring Ai instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Spring Ai"HTTP body or banner mentions "Spring Ai" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-22738Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-22738Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-22738Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-22738GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-22738" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.