CVE-2026-0830: Command Injection in Kiro GitLab Merge Request Helper

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2026-01-09 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-78

Description

Processing specially crafted workspace folder names could allow for arbitrary command injection in the Kiro GitLab Merge-Request helper in Kiro IDE before version 0.6.18 when opening maliciously crafted workspaces. To mitigate, users should update to the latest version.

Affected products

AWS Kiro IDE: before 0.6.18 — fixed in 0.6.18

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: AWS Kiro IDE 0.6.18. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/2026-001-AWS/
https://kiro.dev/changelog/spec-correctness-and-cli/

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