Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-41705

RCE in Vmware Spring Ai 1.0.0 – 1.0.7

Published
09 May 2026
Modified
24 July 2026
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v3.1 8.6
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0035 28th percentile
Risk Priority 63 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2026-41705 is a high-severity Expression Language Injection (CWE-917) vulnerability in Vmware Spring Ai. Its CVSS base score is 8.6 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 28th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

This vulnerability is AI-related — categorised as NLP and Transformers; in the Data-Related Vulnerabilities risk domain.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SI-10 (Information Input Validation) and SA-8 (Security and Privacy Engineering Principles) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

Spring AI's MilvusVectorStore#doDelete(List) implementation is vulnerable to filter-expression injection via unsanitized document IDs. Spring AI 1.0.x: affected from 1.0.0 through latest 1.0.x; upgrade to 1.0.7 or greater. Spring AI 1.1.x: affected from 1.1.0 through latest 1.1.x; upgrade to 1.1.6 or…

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CWE(s)

AI Security AnalysisAI

AI Category
NLP and Transformers
Risk Domain
Data-Related Vulnerabilities
OWASP Top 10 for LLMs 2025
None mapped
Classification Reason
Matched keywords: ai

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

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Affected Assets

vmware
spring ai
1.0.0 — 1.0.7 · 1.1.0 — 1.1.6

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V1.1.2
  • V1.3.2
  • V1.3.5
  • V4.3.1

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

Input validation directly requires checking and neutralizing special elements in externally influenced data before it is used to build executable statements such as EL expressions.

Security engineering principles include requirements for safe construction and sanitization of dynamic statements, structurally preventing expression-language injection at design time.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices directly require input neutralization and safe EL construction to prevent injection flaws.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

finds

Security testing in development and acceptance can detect EL injection but does not itself implement the fix.

prevents

Secure SDLC mandates input validation and output encoding that directly prevent expression-language injection.

prevents

Application security requirements explicitly call for controls against injection flaws including EL injection.

prevents

Secure architecture principles reduce the attack surface but do not prescribe the specific neutralization techniques needed.

prevents

Secure coding standards require proper escaping and parameterization of expression-language statements.

References