{"schema_version":"0.10.0","id":"LR-2026-0615","record_version":1,"title":"Hidden web text hijacks AWS Kiro IDE to run attacker code","verification":{"human_verified":false,"method":"automated_gate","auto_verified":true,"score":64.4,"score_breakdown":{"source_authority":12.1,"independent_corroboration":20.0,"implicated_party_confirmed":0.0,"citation_integrity":14.0,"specificity":3.0,"completeness":7.04,"unhedged_language":5.0},"checks":{"schema_valid":true,"every_field_cited":true,"quotes_verbatim":true,"source_fetched":true,"distinct_incident":true,"dates_plausible":true,"sources_agree":true,"source_describes_incident":true,"severe_backed_by_source":true,"record_integrity":true,"eligible":true,"about_this_case":true},"gate_version":"gate-2026-10-18.7","cross_check_model":null,"cross_check_agreement":null,"duplicate_of":null,"verified_by":null,"verified_at":"2026-11-01","extraction_run_id":null,"evidence_level":{"level":"confirmed","reason":"3 independent outlets","original_document":null,"reports_total":3,"reports_independent":3,"reports_derivative":0,"developing":false,"disputed":false,"rules_version":"evidence-2026-10-29.1","computed_at":"2026-11-01","history":[{"date":"2026-11-01","from_level":null,"to_level":"confirmed","reason":"3 independent outlets"}]},"sources_hash":"c27dfcbd68013b4bb5044d9d033ff6cc93b4a73b159ac58c54cd88b0ab892b3d"},"system":{"model_name":null,"model_version":null,"developer":"AWS","harness":"agentic coding IDE","tools_granted":["shell commands","fetch URLs","edit files"],"permissions_scope":null,"autonomy_level":"unknown","guardrails_present":[],"deployment_context":"unknown","tier":null,"lifecycle_stage":null,"integration_type":null,"intended_use":null,"safeguard_state":null,"production_intended":null},"event":{"date_occurred":null,"date_disclosed":"2026-07-21","incident_class":"security_compromise","failure_class":"injection_triggered","agent_involved":true,"secondary_failure_classes":[],"trigger":"prompt_injection","duration":null,"detection_method":"public_researcher","summary":"Intezer, working with Kodem Security, found that AWS's agentic coding IDE Kiro could be steered by hidden text on a web page. Kiro could write its MCP server configuration file, mcp.json, without approval, and the file reloaded automatically, launching whatever command it described on the developer's machine. In Intezer's proof of concept, one-pixel white text on an API documentation page instructed Kiro to register a rogue server, which ran attacker code when the developer asked Kiro to summarize the page. The researchers reported the flaw to AWS in February 2026 and confirmed the fix in version 0.11.130. Their callback pointed to localhost, so no real users were exposed. AWS later added protected paths that require approval before writes to sensitive files, including mcp.json.","tags":[],"date_detected":null,"near_miss":null,"root_cause":"guardrail","root_cause_detail":"Kiro's fsWrite tool could write mcp.json without approval, and the file reloaded automatically","failure_class_detail":null,"responsible_party":"provider","adversarial_actor":null,"input_provenance":null,"time_to_contain":null,"operations_paused":null,"remediation":"Protected paths for mcp.json and other sensitive files, each requiring explicit approval before a write","precursor_events":null,"primary_risk":"RK01","secondary_risks":["RK02"],"remediations":[{"by":null,"kind":"fix","date_reported":null,"controls_added":["B1"],"quote":"Kiro now marks mcp.json, .vscode/tasks.json, the .git directory, and other sensitive files as protected paths, each requiring explicit approval before a write.","source_index":0,"reviewed":false}]},"impact":{"direct_loss_usd":null,"remediation_hours":null,"records_exposed":null,"third_parties_affected_count":null,"severity":"minor","severity_because":"Minor test: contained to the research setup with no third party touched, since the callback was kept on localhost so no real Kiro users were exposed","harm_class":["none_materialised"],"affected_description":"Kiro IDE versions 0.9.2 (macOS) and 0.10.16 (Ubuntu) were confirmed affected; 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it did not establish whether the separate Kiro CLI or Web builds shared the flaw."}],"impact.affected_description":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"Intezer's mcp.json chain was still live on versions 0.9.2 (macOS) and 0.10.16 (Ubuntu) when the company reported it in February 2026, and was confirmed patched in v0.11.130."}],"impact.severity":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"The researchers kept their callback pointed at localhost so no real Kiro users were exposed, and they note the attack is not perfectly reliable: the model is non-deterministic and may summarize the page and ignore the hidden block."}],"impact.severity_because":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"The researchers kept their callback pointed at localhost so no real Kiro users were exposed, and they note the attack is not perfectly reliable: the model is non-deterministic and may summarize the page and ignore the hidden block."}],"event.remediations":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"Kiro now marks mcp.json, .vscode/tasks.json, the .git directory, and other sensitive files as protected paths, each requiring explicit approval before a write."}],"event.summary":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"Hidden text on a web page was enough to make Kiro, AWS's agentic coding IDE, rewrite its own configuration file and run an attacker's code on a developer's machine, with no approval step able to stop it."},{"source_index":0,"quote":"At the time of the research, Kiro could write to mcp.json on its own with its fsWrite tool, no approval required, and reload it automatically."},{"source_index":0,"quote":"Intezer's proof of concept planted its instructions in one-pixel white text (color:#fff;font-size:1px) on an otherwise ordinary API documentation page."},{"source_index":1,"quote":"The researchers directed their callback to localhost to avoid exposing real users; in a real attack, those credentials would go to an attacker."},{"source_index":0,"quote":"Intezer reported the flaw through HackerOne on February 11, 2026, and by April 3 AWS said the fix had shipped in its latest release without naming the version; the researchers confirmed it themselves in v0.11.130."},{"source_index":0,"quote":"Kiro now marks mcp.json, .vscode/tasks.json, the .git directory, and other sensitive files as protected paths, each requiring explicit approval before a write."}]},"notes_on_gaps":"No model name or version, deployment context, lifecycle stage, date of occurrence, country or adversarial actor is stated, so those are left out. Autonomy is judged full-auto from the statement that Autopilot mode wrote the file without approval; the sources do not use that label. Severity minor is my judgement: the sources report no in-the-wild exploitation and no third party touched. Root cause guardrail is my judgement that the approval boundary failed. Sources conflict on scope: AWS says every build before 0.11.34 was affected and that mcp.json was added to protected paths then, while the published bulletin lists versions before 0.11 and does not mention mcp.json; the Kiro 0.11 changelog does not record the change. Sources also differ on whether a CVE covers this issue: AWS cites CVE-2026-10591, while other reporting says none was assigned. Whether Kiro CLI or Web builds were affected is not established. Dates of detection and the exact fix date are not stated. Figures such as loss, records and affected counts are not stated and are left out. [case created by the backfill: read by claude-haiku-5-5, backfill-2026-11-01.2, 2026-11-01; not yet reviewed] [2026-11-01: evidence level set: Confirmed (3 independent outlets)]"},"context":{"industry":null,"org_size_band":null,"country":"unknown","denominator_available":false,"denominator":null,"related_incident_ids":[],"systemic_exposure":null,"shared_model_id":null,"upstream_incident_id":null,"incident_evidence":null,"regulatory":null,"coverage":null},"narrative":{"steps":[{"step":"doing","text":"Kiro, an agentic coding IDE, reads outside content such as web pages when a developer asks it to fetch, read or search.","quote":"The agent pulls in outside content whenever a developer asks it to fetch a URL, read documentation, or search the web.","source_index":0,"grade":"C"},{"step":"reached","text":"The rogue server started within seconds and the attacker's code ran on the developer's machine in the proof of concept.","quote":"Within seconds, the rogue server starts, and the attacker's code is running.","source_index":0,"grade":"C"},{"step":"caught","text":"Intezer found the flaw and reported it to AWS through HackerOne in February 2026.","quote":"Intezer reported the flaw through HackerOne on February 11, 2026, and by April 3 AWS said the fix had shipped in its latest release without naming the version; the researchers confirmed it themselves in v0.11.130.","source_index":0,"grade":"C"}],"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"backfill-2026-11-01.2","extracted_at":"2026-11-01","source_urls":["https://thehackernews.com/2026/07/aws-kiro-flaw-let-poisoned-web-page.html","https://www.techtimes.com/articles/321240/20260722/hidden-web-text-hijacked-kiro-ran-attacker-code-aws-confirms-no-cve-assigned.htm","https://cyberpress.org/aws-kiro-ide-flaw/"]},"analysis":{"sections":{"timeline":[{"text":"Johann Rehberger showed the same mcp.json write-to-execution route on Kiro's release day, an earlier related finding.","quote":"On Kiro's release day in July 2025, Johann Rehberger of Embrace The Red showed the same mcp.json write-to-execution move: a prompt injection dropped custom code into an MCP settings file and ran it the moment the file saved.","source_index":0,"when":"2025-07"},{"text":"Intezer reported the vulnerability to AWS through HackerOne.","quote":"February 11, 2026 — Intezer reports the vulnerability to AWS through HackerOne.","source_index":1,"when":"2026-02-11"},{"text":"AWS confirmed the fix shipped in the latest Kiro release without specifying the version.","quote":"April 3, 2026 — AWS confirms the fix shipped in the latest Kiro release, without specifying the version.","source_index":1,"when":"2026-04-03"},{"text":"Intezer and Kodem Security published the findings and the researchers confirmed the patch in v0.11.130.","quote":"July 21, 2026 — Intezer and Kodem Security publish findings; researchers confirm the patch in v0.11.130.","source_index":1,"when":"2026-07-21"}]},"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"backfill-2026-11-01.2","extracted_at":"2026-11-01","source_urls":["https://thehackernews.com/2026/07/aws-kiro-flaw-let-poisoned-web-page.html","https://www.techtimes.com/articles/321240/20260722/hidden-web-text-hijacked-kiro-ran-attacker-code-aws-confirms-no-cve-assigned.htm","https://cyberpress.org/aws-kiro-ide-flaw/"]}}