Amazon Q Developer Flaw Could Let Malicious Repos Run Code via MCP Configs

A high-severity flaw in Amazon Q Developer let a malicious repository run commands and steal a developer’s cloud credentials. The path was short: a developer opens the repo, trusts the workspace, and Amazon Q does the rest. Amazon has patched it.

Tracked as CVE-2026-12957 (CVSS 8.5), the bug sat in how Amazon’s AI coding assistant handled Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers.

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Source: The Hacker News

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