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TI-2026-83953 Aliases CVE-2026-120497

Stored cross-site scripting in AWS AI-DLC Workflows report generator

Priority MEDIUM 54CWE-79Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Active
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Impact type
Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

The aidlc-traceability CLI in AWS AI-DLC Workflows before 2026-07-03 is affected. Its HTML report generator does not neutralize artifact titles or descriptions, which is a stored cross-site scripting flaw (CWE-79). An actor who can modify a project's AI-DLC artifact files might run arbitrary script in the browser of a user who opens a generated traceability report.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06

Description from the CNA

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in the HTML report generator in the aidlc-traceability CLI in AWS AI-DLC Workflows before 2026-07-03 might allow an actor who can modify a project's AI-DLC artifact files to execute arbitrary script in the browser of a user who opens a generated HTML traceability report via crafted artifact titles or descriptions. To remediate this issue, users should remove any local copy of the aidlc-traceability CLI obtained before 2026-07-03, or update it to commit 96cf0ea or later. The CLI was removed from the repository on 2026-07-16.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00248 16th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
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

No affected products listed by the sources yet.

Remediation

Update the aidlc-traceability CLI to commit 96cf0ea or later, or remove any local copy obtained before 2026-07-03. The CLI was removed from the repository on 2026-07-16.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06

Timeline

  1. 2026-11-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-120497
  2. 2026-11-02 CISA SSVC decision points changed
  3. 2026-11-02 Priority changed: LOW → MEDIUM

References

Patch 1

Advisory 2

  • TI-2026-23989 crypto: algif_aead - Revert to operating out-of-place KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2023-23979 The HTTP/2 protocol allows a denial of service (server resource consumption) because… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2024-18648 Amazon AWS Amplify CLI before 12.10.1 incorrectly configures the role trust policy of IAM… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2024-05929 Openssh: regresshion - race condition in ssh allows rce/dos CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2025-03847 Input validation issue in AWS Amplify Studio UI component properties CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.0
  • TI-2026-11603 HTTP/2 Stream Parser Confusion Body-Inspection Bypass in Amazon CloudFront with AWS WAF CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.9
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