---
id: CVE-2026-120497
title: >-
  Stored cross-site scripting in the HTML report generator of aidlc-traceability
  in AWS AI-DLC Workflows
summary: >-
  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 t…
severity: medium
cvss: 5
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'
cvssSource: cna
cwe:
  - CWE-79
vendor: AWS
product: aidlc-traceability
affected:
  - aidlc-traceability < 96cf0eaa31a3ad8636e486c7fd2b91c55166393f
ssvc:
  exploitation: poc
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-11-02T19:37:58.915925Z'
exploitAvailable: true
published: '2026-11-02'
updated: '2026-11-02'
sourceUpdated: '2026-11-02T19:38:18.703Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-120497'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/awslabs/aidlc-workflows/commit/96cf0eaa31a3ad8636e486c7fd2b91c55166393f
  - url: 'https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/2026-163-aws/'
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/awslabs/aidlc-workflows/security/advisories/GHSA-gjmq-52p3-7fh2
tags:
  - cve.org
  - exploit-available
epss: 0.00248
epssPercentile: 0.16213
ingestedAt: '2026-11-05T19:30:42.803Z'
---

## Overview

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.

## Affected

- `aidlc-traceability < 96cf0eaa31a3ad8636e486c7fd2b91c55166393f`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.