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CVE-2026-22729
Published:March 18, 2026
Updated:April 26, 2026
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.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-ai.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v1.0.0-M1 <v1.0.4
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v1.0.4
https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-ai.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v1.1.0-M1 <v1.1.3
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v1.1.3
org.springframework.ai:spring-ai-vector-store (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=1.0.0-M7 <1.0.4
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 1.0.4
org.springframework.ai:spring-ai-vector-store (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=1.1.0-M1 <1.1.3
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 1.1.3
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
9.2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
NONE
Subsequent System Confidentiality
HIGH
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
8.6
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Weakness Type (CWE)
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an Expression Language Statement ('Expression Language Injection')
EPSS
Base Score:
0.03