Expected Behavior Violation Affecting amazon-cloudwatch-agent package, versions <0:1.300066.2-2.amzn2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.26% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-AMAZONCLOUDWATCHAGENT-17286619
  • published10 Jun 2026
  • disclosed8 Apr 2026

Introduced: 8 Apr 2026

CVE-2026-27144  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-440  (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.

The compiler is meant to unwrap pointers which are the operands of a memory move; a no-op interface conversion prevented the compiler from making the correct determination about non-overlapping moves, potentially leading to memory corruption at runtime.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1