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CVE-2026-22729: CVE-2026-22729: JSONPath Injection in Spring AI Vector Stores FilterExpressionConverter

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 34/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.54% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • According to CISA the attack is automatable: targets can be found by mass scanning.
  • Fixed version: VMware Spring AI 1.0.4, 1.1.3.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to VMware Spring AI 1.0.4, 1.1.3 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

A JSONPath injection vulnerability in Spring AI's AbstractFilterExpressionConverter allows authenticated users to bypass metadata-based access controls through crafted filter expressions. User-controlled input passed to FilterExpressionBuilder is concatenated into JSONPath queries without proper escaping, enabling attackers to inject arbitrary JSONPath logic and access unauthorized documents. This vulnerability affects applications using vector stores that extend AbstractFilterExpressionConverter for multi-tenant isolation, role-based access control, or document filtering based on metadata. The vulnerability occurs when user-supplied values in filter expressions are not escaped before being inserted into JSONPath queries. Special characters like ", ||, and && are passed through unescaped, allowing injection of arbitrary JSONPath logic that can alter the intended query semantics.

HighCVSS 8.6 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Mar 18, 2026
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.5% · 45th percentile

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Action score

34

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
34 / 40 · 8.6 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.5%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
—
CNA · vmware
8.6
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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
vmwarespring ai

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • vmware spring ai1.0.0 and later · before 1.0.4
  • vmware spring ai1.1.0 and later · before 1.1.3

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (vmware). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • VMware Spring AI

    • 1.0.x and later · before 1.0.4affected · OSS
    • 1.1.x and later · before 1.1.3affected · oss

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Mavenorg.springframework.ai:spring-ai-vector-storefrom 1.1.0-M1 · before 1.1.31.1.3
Mavenorg.springframework.ai:spring-ai-vector-storebefore 1.0.41.0.4

Same product

vmware: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2026-59318DefaultToolCallingManager Global Resolver Fallback Allows Unadvertised Tool Dispatch via Prompt Injection
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2026-22738SpEL Injection via Unescaped Filter Key in SimpleVectorStore Leads to Remote Code Execution
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2026-40978SQL injection vulnerability in Spring AI's `CosmosDBVectorStore` allows attackers to execute arbitrary SQL queries via crafted document IDs.
    35Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • Later →CVE-2026-22730Mar 18, 2026 · CVE-2026-22730: SQL Injection in Spring AI MariaDBFilterExpressionConverter
    35Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2026-22742Mar 27, 2026 · Server-Side Request Forgery in BedrockProxyChatModel via Unvalidated Media URL Fetching
    34Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2026-22743Mar 27, 2026 · Server-Side Request Forgery via Filter Expression Keys in Neo4jVectorStore
    30Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
VMware Spring AI1.0.4Vendor (CNA)
VMware Spring AI1.1.3Vendor (CNA)
Maven:org.springframework.ai:spring-ai-vector-store1.0.4Package registry (OSV)
Maven:org.springframework.ai:spring-ai-vector-store1.1.3Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

  • CVE-2026-227389 days apartSpEL Injection via Unescaped Filter Key in SimpleVectorStore Leads to Remote Code Execution
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2026-4170551 days apartSpring AI's MilvusVectorStore#doDelete(List) implementation is vulnerable to filter-expression injection via unsanitized document IDs.
    34Monitor

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
none
Availability
none

Impact can extend beyond the vulnerable component (scope changes).

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

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

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

nvd-secondary

Attack context

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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