VDB-429973 · CVE-2026-120497 · GCVE-0-2026-120497

AWS aidlc-traceability HTML Report Generator HTML injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in AWS aidlc-traceability. It has been classified as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function of the component HTML Report Generator. This manipulation causes HTML injection. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2026-120497. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in AWS aidlc-traceability (unknown version). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component HTML Report Generator. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a html injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The advisory is shared at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-120497 since 11/02/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

Applying the patch 96cf0eaa31a3ad8636e486c7fd2b91c55166393f is able to eliminate this problem.

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Productinfo

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aidlc-traceability

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Exploitinginfo

Class: HTML injection
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Local: Yes
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Patch: 96cf0eaa31a3ad8636e486c7fd2b91c55166393f

Timelineinfo

11/02/2026 Advisory disclosed
11/02/2026 +0 days CVE reserved
11/02/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
11/02/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: github.com
Status: Confirmed

CNA: AMZN
CVE: CVE-2026-120497 (🔒)

GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-120497
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-429973

Entryinfo

Created: 11/02/2026 20:35
Changes: 11/02/2026 20:35 (75)
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