Description
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.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
SUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLES 15 SP3 | amazon-ssm-agent | 3.1.1260.0-150000.5.9.2 | SUSE-SU-2022:1510-1 |
| SLES 15 SP2 | amazon-ssm-agent | 3.1.1260.0-150000.5.9.2 | SUSE-SU-2022:1510-1 |
| SLES 15 SP1 | amazon-ssm-agent | 3.1.1260.0-150000.5.9.2 | SUSE-SU-2022:1510-1 |
| SLES 15 | amazon-ssm-agent | 3.1.1260.0-150000.5.9.2 | SUSE-SU-2022:1510-1 |
| SLES 12 | amazon-ssm-agent | 3.1.1260.0-4.27.2 | SUSE-SU-2022:3654-1 |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | amazon-ssm-agent | 3.1.1260.0-1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2024:12012-1 |
| openSUSE Leap 15.4 | amazon-ssm-agent | 3.1.1260.0-150000.5.9.2 | SUSE-SU-2022:1510-1 |
| openSUSE Leap 15.3 | amazon-ssm-agent | 3.1.1260.0-150000.5.9.2 | SUSE-SU-2022:1510-1 |
Advisories 3
- SUSE-SU-2022:3654-1 Security update for amazon-ssm-agent SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
- SUSE-SU-2022:1510-1 Security update for amazon-ssm-agent SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2024:12012-1 amazon-ssm-agent-3.1.1260.0-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026