{"cve":"CVE-2022-23511","nvd":{"published":"2022-12-12T13:15:12.120","modified":"2026-06-17T04:30:16.257","status":"Modified","description":"A privilege escalation issue exists within the Amazon CloudWatch Agent for Windows, software for collecting metrics and logs from Amazon EC2 instances and on-premises servers, 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. To trigger this issue, the third party must be able to access the affected host and elevate their privileges such that they're able to trigger the agent repair process. They must also be able to install the tools required to trigger the issue. This issue does not affect the CloudWatch Agent for macOS or Linux. Agent users should upgrade to version 1.247355 of the CloudWatch Agent to address this issue. There is no recommended work around. Affected users must update the installed version of the CloudWatch Agent to address this issue.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":6.8},"cwes":["CWE-274"],"references":["https://github.com/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/commit/6119858864c317ff26f41f576c169148d1250837#diff-76ed074a9305c04054cdebb9e9aad2d818052b07091de1f20cad0bbac34ffb52","https://github.com/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/security/advisories/GHSA-j8x2-2m5w-j939","https://github.com/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/commit/6119858864c317ff26f41f576c169148d1250837#diff-76ed074a9305c04054cdebb9e9aad2d818052b07091de1f20cad0bbac34ffb52","https://github.com/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/security/advisories/GHSA-j8x2-2m5w-j939"],"products":["amazon:cloudwatch_agent"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:37:28.463369388+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2022-23511","score":0.00523,"percentile":0.44422,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-j8x2-2m5w-j939","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-j8x2-2m5w-j939","summary":"Amazon CloudWatch Agent for Windows has Privilege Escalation Vector","modified":"2024-08-21T16:28:40.873788Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent","ranges":["<1.247355.0"],"fixed":["1.247355.0"]}]},{"id":"GO-2022-1160","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GO-2022-1160","summary":"Amazon CloudWatch Agent for Windows has Privilege Escalation Vector in github.com/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent","modified":"2026-03-03T04:51:16.493518Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent","ranges":["<1.247355.0"],"fixed":["1.247355.0"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}