CVE-2026-11931 - Insecure Permissions on Authentication Token Cache File in Kiro IDE

unknownCVE-2026-11931

Bulletin ID: 2026-045-AWS Scope: AWS Content Type: Important (requires attention) Publication Date: 06/15/2026 11:45 AM PDT Description: Kiro IDE is an agentic development environment that makes it easy for developers to ship real engineering work with the help of AI agents. We identified CVE-2026-11931, where incorrect default permissions in Kiro IDE on macOS and Linux before version 0.11.133 could expose the authentication token cache file to other local users or processes via world-readable permissions (0644) instead of owner-restricted permissions (0600). Impacted versions: < 0.11.133 Please refer to the article below for the most up-to-date and complete information related to this AWS Security Bulletin.

CSIRTS triage

vendor: AWS product: Kiro IDE Information disclosureaffected: < 0.11.133

What: Incorrect default permissions could expose the authentication token cache file to other local users.
Who is affected: Users of Kiro IDE on macOS and Linux before version 0.11.133.
Urgency: Remediation is important to prevent unauthorized access to sensitive information.
Action: Update Kiro IDE to version 0.11.133 or later.

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Details

Source: AWS Security Bulletins (INTL · vendor-psirt · site)
Severity: unknown
Published: 2026-08-20
Exploitation: Not in CISA KEV at last sync

Original advisory: https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/rss/2026-045-aws/

Exploitation outlook

EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.

Low exploitation riskCVE-2026-119310.12% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 2% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.

Referenced CVEs

CVE	CSIRTS overview	External
CVE-2026-11931	coverage & exploitation status	NVD · CVE.org

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