Improper Privilege Management Affecting github.com/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/translator/context package, versions <1.247355.0
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMAWSAMAZONCLOUDWATCHAGENTTRANSLATORCONTEXT-7814206
- published 23 Aug 2024
- disclosed 21 Aug 2024
- credit Unknown
Introduced: 21 Aug 2024
CVE-2022-23511 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade github.com/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/translator/context to version 1.247355.0 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Privilege Management via the configuration loading mechanism. An attacker can escalate privileges by manipulating the configuration files to execute arbitrary code.
Notes:
This issue only affects CloudWatch Agent for Windows, it does not affect macOS or Linux users.
To trigger this issue, the third party must be able to access the affected host. They must also be able to install the tools required to trigger the issue.