# CVE-2026-22744: Spring AI Redis Store has TAG Field Query Injection Through Improper Neutralization of Special Characters

> Attackers can inject malicious RediSearch queries via unescaped user input in Spring AI Redis store, potentially leading to code execution.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 27 Mar 2026
- **Updated:** 2 Jun 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-44f4-gvwj-6qg3

## What is CVE-2026-22744?

CVE-2026-22744 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in Spring AI, published on 27 Mar 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In RedisFilterExpressionConverter of spring-ai-redis-store, when a user-controlled string is passed as a filter value for a TAG field, stringValue() inserts the value directly into the @field:{VALUE} RediSearch TAG block without escaping characters.This issue affects Spring AI: from 1.0.0 before 1.0.5, from 1.1.0 before 1.1.4.

Weakness: CWE-74 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-22744?

4 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.springframework.ai:spring-ai-redis-store. It affects 1 product.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `org.springframework.ai:spring-ai-redis-store` | Maven | From 1.0.0-M5 | 1.0.5 |
| `org.springframework.ai:spring-ai-redis-store` | Maven | From 1.0.0-M5 | 1.0.5 |
| `org.springframework.ai:spring-ai-redis-store` | Maven | From 1.1.0-M1 | 1.1.4 |
| `org.springframework.ai:spring-ai-redis-store` | Maven | From 1.1.0-M1 | 1.1.4 |

Products: Vmware Spring Ai.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-22744?

Upgrade org.springframework.ai:spring-ai-redis-store to a fixed version for your release line: 1.0.5 or 1.1.4.

## Is CVE-2026-22744 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-22744 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Spring AI

- [CVE-2026-22738](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-22738/): SpEL Injection via Unescaped Filter Key in SimpleVectorStore Leads to Remote Code Execution (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-40978](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-40978/): Spring AI has SQL Injection in CosmosDBVectorStore.doDelete() (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2026-22730](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-22730/): CVE-2026-22730: SQL Injection in Spring AI MariaDBFilterExpressionConverter (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2026-47835](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-47835/): Spring AI vector store metadata filtering to handle special characters in Elasticsearch, OpenSearch, and GemFire Vector Stores (high 8.6)
- [CVE-2026-41705](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-41705/): Spring AI's MilvusVectorStore#doDelete(List) implementation is vulnerable to filter-expression injection via unsanitized document IDs (high 8.6)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-22744 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-22744 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in Spring AI, published on 27 Mar 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-22744 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- org.springframework.ai:spring-ai-redis-store (Maven): affected from 1.0.0-M5; fixed in 1.0.5
- org.springframework.ai:spring-ai-redis-store (Maven): affected from 1.0.0-M5; fixed in 1.0.5
- org.springframework.ai:spring-ai-redis-store (Maven): affected from 1.1.0-M1; fixed in 1.1.4
- org.springframework.ai:spring-ai-redis-store (Maven): affected from 1.1.0-M1; fixed in 1.1.4

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-22744/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-22744/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-22744
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-22744
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-22744

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-22744/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.