VMware Spring AI up to 1.0.9/1.1.8/2.0.0 Tool Call privileges management

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in VMware Spring AI up to 1.0.9/1.1.8/2.0.0 and classified as critical. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Tool Call Handler. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2026-59318. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in VMware Spring AI up to 1.0.9/1.1.8/2.0.0. This issue affects an unknown part of the component Tool Call Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

In Spring AI's tool calling support, the per-request tool list is advertised to the model as a boundary but is not fully enforced when a tool call is dispatched. Under certain conditions, a tool that was not made available to the current request could be invoked, potentially leading to privilege escalation. Affected versions: Spring AI: 2.0.0 Spring AI: 1.1.0 through 1.1.8 Spring AI: 1.0.0 through 1.0.9

It is possible to read the advisory at spring.io. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-59318 since 07/04/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/21/2026). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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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
• 1.0.6
• 1.0.7
• 1.0.8
• 1.0.9
• 1.1.0
• 1.1.1
• 1.1.2
• 1.1.3
• 1.1.4
• 1.1.5
• 1.1.6
• 1.1.7
• 1.1.8
• 2.0

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.vmware.com/

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