Path traversal in Spring AI - CVE-2026-41863
Published: May 23, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU132209
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-41863
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Pivotal
Affected software:
Spring AI
Spring AI
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote user to write files outside the intended target directory.
The vulnerability exists due to path traversal in Path.resolve when writing files to disk using LLM-influenced filenames. A remote user can provide a crafted filename to write files outside the intended target directory.
The issue can affect writes into restricted directories.
How to mitigate CVE-2026-41863
Install security update from vendor's website.