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Beware: AWS Kiro IDE Lets Attackers Rewrite Its Own Trust Boundary — CVE-2026-10591
CVE-2026-10591 is a critical RCE in AWS’s Kiro agentic IDE. Hidden text in a web page can make Kiro rewrite its own MCP config file, giving an attacker arbitrary code execution without any user approval. Here’s the attack chain, who’s affected, and what to do.
Pi 0.81–0.83: Local Models via llama.cpp, Opus 5 on Copilot, and One-Click Provider Logins
Three Pi releases in eight days add local LLM management through llama.cpp, Claude Opus 5 via GitHub Copilot, constrained tool sampling, and OAuth login for OpenRouter and Kimi Code. Here is what changed and how to try it.
Cline v4.0.12 Goes Free: Zero-Cost Models, Opus 5 Support, and a Desktop App
Cline adds free built-in models, Claude Opus 5 across six providers, and a standalone desktop app — making the open-source coding agent accessible to anyone without API keys.
GitKraken Kepler Goes Public Preview: The First Mainstream Agentic Development Environment
GitKraken launched Kepler into public preview on July 31 — an agentic development environment that lets you run Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and more side by side across multiple repos. Here’s what it is, how it works, and who should care.
Cline Desktop Launches with Free Coding Models — Zero API Keys Required
Cline ships its first standalone desktop app for macOS and adds free coding models across all platforms. You can now try a coding agent without configuring billing.
Goose v1.45.0 Brings Opus 5, Gemini Models, and Air-Gapped Docs Access
The open-source Rust coding agent adds Claude Opus 5 with adaptive thinking, Gemini model support, offline documentation, and the ability to disable built-in skills — all in one release.
Claude Opus 5 Arrives: Near-Fable Intelligence at Half the Price, Plus Claude Code v2.1.219
Anthropic shipped Claude Opus 5 on July 24 — new state-of-the-art on coding benchmarks, 1M context, no data retention, and it’s now the default in Claude Code. Here’s what changed and what it means.
Codex 0.146.0 Adds Agent Plugins, Session Naming, and Thread Forking
OpenAI’s latest stable Codex release introduces a plugin ecosystem, named sessions, and thread forking — three features that reshape how you use the terminal agent.
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