CVE-2022-29527

HIGHNVD 7.07.0—

7.0

Amazon AWS amazon-ssm-agent before 3.1.1208.0 creates a world-writable sudoers file, which allows local attackers to inject Sudo rules and escalate privileges to root. This occurs in certain situations involving a race condition.

CVSS v3: 7.0
EG Score: 7.0(medium)
EPSS: 35.5%
KEV: Not listed

Published

April 20, 2022

Last Modified

November 21, 2024

References (6)

cve@mitrehttps://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1196556
cve@mitrehttps://github.com/aws/amazon-ssm-agent/commit/0fe8ae99b2ff25649c7b86d3bc05fc037400aca7
cve@mitrehttps://github.com/aws/amazon-ssm-agent/releases/tag/3.1.1208.0
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1196556
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/aws/amazon-ssm-agent/commit/0fe8ae99b2ff25649c7b86d3bc05fc037400aca7
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/aws/amazon-ssm-agent/releases/tag/3.1.1208.0

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MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2022-29527?

CVE-2022-29527 is a high vulnerability published on April 20, 2022. Amazon AWS amazon-ssm-agent before 3.1.1208.0 creates a world-writable sudoers file, which allows local attackers to inject Sudo rules and escalate privileges to root. This occurs in certain situations involving a race condition.

When was CVE-2022-29527 disclosed?

CVE-2022-29527 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on April 20, 2022, with the most recent update on November 21, 2024. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2022-29527 actively exploited?

CVE-2022-29527 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 35.5% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2022-29527?

CVE-2022-29527 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.0 (NVD).

How do I remediate CVE-2022-29527?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2022-29527, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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