Kiro IDE Sensitive Workspace Data Exfiltration via Agent-Written Workspace Configuration
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Active
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Information disclosure, Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-201 and CWE-829.
Summary
Inclusion of functionality from an untrusted control sphere in the Kiro Powers feature in Amazon Kiro IDE before version 0.8.135 might allow remote unauthenticated actors to obtain sensitive information from a developer workstation. Crafted repository content can cause the agent to modify the workspace settings file, which redirects the Kiro Powers registry request to an actor controlled endpoint and sends workspace data to that endpoint when the Powers panel is opened. To remediate this issue, users should upgrade to Kiro IDE version 0.8.135 or later. Users who opened a project in an earlier version should also rotate any credentials that were present in that project.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
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 0.8.135
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-89332
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-gpq4-73r8-h3fj
References
More AWS Kiro Ide vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-09109 Kiro IDE Insufficient File Write Restrictions to Execution-Sensitive Paths CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.6
- TI-2026-00611 Command Injection in Kiro GitLab Merge Request Helper CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.4
- TI-2026-15289 Executable Resolution from Untrusted Project Directory in Kiro IDE on Windows CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.5
Sources
- CVE-2026-89332 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-89332 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-gpq4-73r8-h3fj · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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