Kiro IDE Webview Cross-Site Scripting via Workspace Color Theme
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Active
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
Unsanitized input during web page generation in the Kiro Agent webview in Kiro IDE before version 0.8.140 allows a remote unauthenticated threat actor to execute arbitrary code via a potentially damaging crafted color theme name when a local user opens the workspace. This issue requires the user to trust the workspace when prompted. To remediate this issue, users should upgrade to version 0.8.140.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Kiro IDE (AWS) Fixed in 0.8.140
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-5429
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7v7j-vpv5-h468
References
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- TI-2026-11603 HTTP/2 Stream Parser Confusion Body-Inspection Bypass in Amazon CloudFront with AWS WAF CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.9
Sources
- CVE-2026-5429 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-5429 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-7v7j-vpv5-h468 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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