CVE-2026-40966Active Exploitation(vmware / spring_ai)

LOWCVSS 5.9 · MEDIUM

Exploitation ongoing with high activity in latest observed window (1 mentions)

Immediate actions

  • Prioritize remediation for vmware spring_ai systems immediately
  • Assume compromise if assets are exposed
  • Track advisory updates for patch or workaround availability

Recommended action window: Immediate (within 24h)

NVD description

In Spring AI, an attacker can bypass conversation isolation and exfiltrate sensitive memory from other users’ chat histories, including secrets and credentials, by injecting filter logic through conversationId. Only applications that use VectorStoreChatMemoryAdvisor and pass user-supplied input as a conversationId are affected.

3.5/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Vendor / third-party advisories
Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-284

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

ACTIVE

PoC

NONE

Patch

NONE

Momentum

NONE

Are you affected?

If you run products in this scope, you should treat this CVE as relevant to your environment.

  • spring_ai

Threat summary

  • Active exploitation appears in 1 classified signals
  • 1 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

  • Active exploitation reported across 1 signal
  • 1 total mentions across 1 day

Affected systems

Vendors
Products
spring_ai

Deep dive

Activity timeline1 mentions / 1d
00111Mentions · 2026-04-29: 1Active Exploitation · 2026-04-29: 104-29
Signal classification1 categories
Active Exploitation
1100.0%
Referenced assets1 URL
By indicator
Full discourse1 post
  • VulDB 🛡@vuldb
    Active Exploitation

    A lot of offensive activities were identified targeting Vmware Spring AI (CVE-2026-40966) https://vuldb.com/vuln/359936/cti

    Post summary

    Offensive activity against CVE‑2026‑40966 has been observed in the wild, but no PoC, exploit code, or patch details are disclosed.

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