Out-of-bounds Read Affecting amazon-cloudwatch-agent package, versions <0:1.300062.1-1.amzn2


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.52% (41st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-AMAZONCLOUDWATCHAGENT-14882386
  • published7 Jan 2026
  • disclosed19 Nov 2025

Introduced: 19 Nov 2025

CVE-2025-47914  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 amazon-cloudwatch-agent to version 0:1.300062.1-1.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2025-3120.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream amazon-cloudwatch-agent package and not the amazon-cloudwatch-agent package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

SSH Agent servers do not validate the size of messages when processing new identity requests, which may cause the program to panic if the message is malformed due to an out of bounds read.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1