Amazon Q Developer in the Media
3 mentions from 3 outlets across press, blogs, and newsletters
June 2026
Amazon Q Developer Vulnerability Allows Code Execution via Malicious Repositories
A critical security flaw discovered in the Amazon Q Developer Extension for Visual Studio Code (VS Code) left developers vulnerable to arbitrary code execution and cloud credential theft. Tracked as CVE-2026-12957 and CVE-2026-12958, these high-severity vulnerabilities highlight significant…
Amazon Q Developer extension vulnerability could have exposed cloud credentials
The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-12957, allowed attackers to execute arbitrary commands by embedding malicious code in workspace configuration files.
A single config file in a cloned repository could steal your AWS credentials through Amazon Q Developer
A high-severity flaw in Amazon Q Developer allowed a malicious code repository to silently execute commands on a developer’s machine and steal their AWS…
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