PT-2026-83282 · Amazon · Amazon-Ssm-Agent

CVE-2026-81849

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Published

2026-08-28

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Updated

2026-08-31

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

VectorAV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions amazon-ssm-agent versions prior to 3.3.4515.0
Description Improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory in the aws:downloadContent plugin allows an authenticated remote user with ssm:SendCommand permissions restricted to the AWS-DownloadContent document to write arbitrary files outside the intended download directory with root privileges. This is achieved by using crafted object keys in the S3 source that the document retrieves. Overwriting specific sensitive files may lead to arbitrary code execution as root.
Recommendations Upgrade to version 3.3.4515.0 or later.

Exploit

Fix

RCE

Relative Path Traversal

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Weakness Enumeration

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-81849

Affected Products

Amazon-Ssm-Agent