CVE-2026-40978 Spring AI has SQL Injection in CosmosDBVectorStore.doDelete()
Attackers can execute arbitrary SQL queries via crafted document IDs in Spring AI's CosmosDBVectorStore, potentially reading or modifying data.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2026-40978?
CVE-2026-40978 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Spring AI, published on 28 Apr 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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)
Weakness: CWE-89
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-40978?
4 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.springframework.ai:spring-ai-azure-cosmos-db-store. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
org.springframework.ai:spring-ai-azure-cosmos-db-store Maven | From 1.0.0 | 1.0.6 |
org.springframework.ai:spring-ai-azure-cosmos-db-store Maven | From 1.0.0 | 1.0.6 |
org.springframework.ai:spring-ai-azure-cosmos-db-store Maven | From 1.1.0 | 1.1.5 |
org.springframework.ai:spring-ai-azure-cosmos-db-store Maven | From 1.1.0 | 1.1.5 |
Products include Vmware Spring Ai.
How do I fix CVE-2026-40978?
Upgrade org.springframework.ai:spring-ai-azure-cosmos-db-store to a fixed version for your release line: 1.0.6 or 1.1.5.
Use parameterised queries everywhere and never build SQL by joining strings. Upgrade affected software first; a web application firewall only buys time. More about SQL injection.
Is CVE-2026-40978 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-40978 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Spring AI
- CVE-2026-22738 SpEL Injection via Unescaped Filter Key in SimpleVectorStore Leads to Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2026-22730 CVE-2026-22730: SQL Injection in Spring AI MariaDBFilterExpressionConverter
- CVE-2026-47835 Spring AI vector store metadata filtering to handle special characters in Elasticsearch, OpenSearch, and GemFire Vector Stores
- CVE-2026-41705 Spring AI's MilvusVectorStore#doDelete(List) implementation is vulnerable to filter-expression injection via unsanitized document IDs
- CVE-2026-40967 Spring AI has a VectorStore FilterExpression Converter injection
Sources
Also known as GHSA-63c8-m9m2-cvr3.