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.
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.
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:- Before 0.6.18 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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