CVE-2026-105812: CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') in aws bedrock-agentcore-starter-toolkit
Description
Bulletin ID: 2026-127-AWS Scope: AWS Content Type: Important (requires attention) Publication Date: 10/06/2026 13:30 PM PDT Description: bedrock-agentcore-starter-toolkit is an AWS-maintained open-source Python package, distributed via GitHub and PyPI, that provides a command-line interface for importing Amazon Bedrock Agents into local development environments. We identified CVE-2026-105812, a code injection issue that could allow arbitrary code execution when a specially crafted agent is imported and subsequently run or deployed, and CVE-2026-106032, an external reference handling issue that could cause unintended network requests or local file access during agent import. Affected versions: >= 0.1.4 and <= 0.3.13 Please refer to the article below for the most up-to-date and complete information related to this AWS Security Bulletin.
CVSS v4.0
Score 8.8high
Affected software
aws
bedrock-agentcore-starter-toolkit
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Weaknesses
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Technical Analysis
The vulnerability identified as CVE-2026-105812 in the AWS bedrock-agentcore-starter-toolkit involves improper control of code generation (CWE-94), leading to potential code injection. This toolkit is used to import Amazon Bedrock Agents locally. When a maliciously crafted agent is imported and executed, it could trigger arbitrary code execution. The affected versions are from 0.1.4 up to and including 0.3.13. AWS has acknowledged the issue and provided a security bulletin with remediation guidance. The CVSS 4.0 score is 8.8, indicating high severity, with network attack vector, low attack complexity, partial privileges required, user interaction needed, and high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, availability, and security controls.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the local environment where the bedrock-agentcore-starter-toolkit is used to import and run agents. This could compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system and potentially lead to further system compromise or data loss.
Mitigation Recommendations
AWS has published an official security bulletin indicating that a patch is available for this vulnerability. Users should update the bedrock-agentcore-starter-toolkit to a version later than 0.3.13 where the issue is fixed. Refer to the AWS security bulletin at https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/2026-127-aws/ for the latest remediation details and apply the official fix promptly.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- AMZN
- Date Reserved
- 2026-10-05T21:02:44.400Z
- Cvss Version
- 4.0
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Is Cloud Service
- true
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/2026-127-aws/","vendor":"AWS"}]
Threat ID: 6ac55ec42cdf04f656dd7fca
Added to database: 10/06/2026, 20:49:08 UTC
Last enriched: 10/06/2026, 20:50:42 UTC
Last updated: 10/06/2026, 21:35:24 UTC
Views: 6
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