Vmware Spring AI up to 1.0.5/1.1.4 Document ID CosmosDBVectorStore sql injection

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Vmware Spring AI up to 1.0.5/1.1.4. Affected by this vulnerability is the function CosmosDBVectorStore of the component Document ID Handler. Such manipulation leads to sql injection. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-40978. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Vmware Spring AI up to 1.0.5/1.1.4 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is the function CosmosDBVectorStore of the component Document ID Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a sql injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-89. The product constructs all or part of an SQL command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended SQL command when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

SQL injection vulnerability in Spring AI's `CosmosDBVectorStore` allows attackers to execute arbitrary SQL queries via crafted document IDs. Affected versions: Spring AI: 1.0.0 - 1.0.5 (fixed in 1.0.6), 1.1.0 - 1.1.4 (fixed in 1.1.5)

The advisory is available at spring.io. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-40978 since 04/16/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/28/2026). This vulnerability is assigned to T1505 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 1.0.6 or 1.1.5 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Type

• Artificial Intelligence Software

Vendor

• Vmware

Name

• Spring AI

Version

• 1.0.0
• 1.0.1
• 1.0.2
• 1.0.3
• 1.0.4
• 1.0.5
• 1.1.0
• 1.1.1
• 1.1.2
• 1.1.3
• 1.1.4

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• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.vmware.com/

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