CVE-2026-22738

// Vulnerable Code Example in Java import org.springframework.ai.vectorstore.SimpleVectorStore; import org.springframework.ai.vectorstore.SearchRequest; public class VulnerableService { private SimpleVectorStore vectorStore; public void search(String userInput) { // Vulnerability: userInput is directly used as a filter expression key // Attacker input: "T(java.lang.Runtime).getRuntime().exec('calc')" SearchRequest request = SearchRequest.query("test").withFilterExpression(userInput); vectorStore.similaritySearch(request); } }

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