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Is github.com/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent safe?

1 known vulnerability, worst severity HIGH.

cvss
7.1

how bad it is if exploited, out of 10

epss
0.50%

chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

xyz score
3.3

CyberXYZ composite, out of 10

fig. 01 — GHSA-j8x2-2m5w-j939, the advisory selected below

// advisories

GHSA-j8x2-2m5w-j939

HIGHCVE-2022-23511

A privilege escalation issue exists within the Amazon CloudWatch Agent for Windows in versions up to and including v1.247354. When users trigger a repair of the Agent, a pop-up window opens with SYSTEM permissions. Users with administrative access to affected hosts may use this to create a new command prompt as NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM.

Affected
< 1.247355.0
Fixed in
1.247355.0
Weakness
CWE-274
Published
2022-12-12
Source
github

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// dependencies

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// ai model usage

Tracked for PyPI packages. HuggingFace models declare Python dependencies, so go packages are not covered.

Checked 2026-09-22 at 00:38 UTC. The most recent advisory here was published 2022-12-12. Updated continuously from NVD, GHSA, OSV and CNA feeds.

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