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TI-2022-11986 Aliases CVE-2022-29527GHSA-87pw-p9qx-p46w

Amazon AWS amazon-ssm-agent before 3.1.1208.0 creates a world-writable sudoers file…

Priority LOW 31CWE-362Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

Amazon AWS amazon-ssm-agent before 3.1.1208.0 creates a world-writable sudoers file, which allows local attackers to inject Sudo rules and escalate privileges to root. This occurs in certain situations involving a race condition.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.003 22nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:amazon:amazon_ssm_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 3.1.1208.0VulnerableAWS
  • cpe:2.3:a:amazon:amazon_ssm_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 3.1.1208.0 Vulnerable ·AWS

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-29527
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-87pw-p9qx-p46w

References

Exploit 1

Patch 2

Sources

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