Arbitrary Command Injection in Kiro IDE <0.6.18 via Malicious Workspace Names
CVE-2026-0830 Published on January 9, 2026

Command Injection in Kiro GitLab Merge Request Helper
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.

Vendor Advisory NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2026-0830 is exploitable with local system access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.

Attack Vector:
LOCAL
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
NONE
User Interaction:
REQUIRED
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
HIGH

Weakness Type

What is a Shell injection Vulnerability?

The software constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component.

CVE-2026-0830 has been classified to as a Shell injection vulnerability or weakness.


Products Associated with CVE-2026-0830

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Affected Versions

AWS Kiro IDE:

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.04%
Percentile
10.25%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.