SpEL Injection via Unescaped Filter Key in SimpleVectorStore Leads to Remote Code Execution_CVE-2026-22738

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    "description": "In Spring AI, a SpEL injection vulnerability exists in\u00a0SimpleVectorStore\u00a0when a user-supplied value is used as a filter expression key. A malicious actor could exploit this to execute arbitrary code.\u00a0Only applications that use\u00a0SimpleVectorStore\u00a0and pass user-supplied input as a filter expression key are affected.\nThis issue affects Spring AI: from 1.0.0 before 1.0.5, from 1.1.0 before 1.1.4.",
    "published": "2026-03-27T05:21:07.168Z",
    "modified": "2026-03-28T03:55:47.438Z",
    "type": "cve",
    "title": "SpEL Injection via Unescaped Filter Key in SimpleVectorStore Leads to Remote Code Execution",
    "source": "vmware",
    "references": "https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-22738",
    "id": "CVE-2026-22738",
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