Unchecked Input for Loop Condition Affecting amazon-cloudwatch-agent package, versions <0:1.300066.2-2.amzn2


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.52% (40th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-AMAZONCLOUDWATCHAGENT-17286447
  • published10 Jun 2026
  • disclosed26 Mar 2026

Introduced: 26 Mar 2026

CVE-2026-32287  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-606  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 amazon-cloudwatch-agent to version 0:1.300066.2-2.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2026-3323.

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.

Boolean XPath expressions that evaluate to true can cause an infinite loop in logicalQuery.Select, leading to 100% CPU usage. This can be triggered by top-level selectors such as "1=1" or "true()".

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1