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

Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 84% of all CVEs

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-917Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an Expression Language Statement ('Expression Language Injection')CWE-88Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection')

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

NVD MITRE Exploit-DB GitHub PoC Sploitus VulnCheck

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-2026-22738

Hosts 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-2026-22738