# Amazon CloudWatch Agent for Windows has Privilege Escalation Vector in github.com/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent

Advisory record · `GHSA-j8x2-2m5w-j939`

- **Identifiers:** `GHSA-j8x2-2m5w-j939` · `CVE-2022-23511` · `GO-2022-1160`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 7.1 High
- **Critical:** No
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-274](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/274.html)
- **Tags:** [CWE-274](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/cwe-274.md)
- **Published:** 21 Aug 2024
- **Updated:** 3 Mar 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 21 Aug 2024, 16:03 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

## Affected packages

- `github.com/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent` (Go): affected `<1.247355.0`; fixed in `1.247355.0`

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our analysis of this Advisory yet. Once a person has reviewed it, this page will say what’s vulnerable, what has to be true for your app to be affected, and how to check.

## Severity and exploitation

- 7.1 High, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L`, from CNA (GitHub_M)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0052, the 44th percentile, on 6 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the GitHub Advisory Database, published 21 Aug 2024. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-j8x2-2m5w-j939](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j8x2-2m5w-j939)
- [OSV: GHSA-j8x2-2m5w-j939](https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-j8x2-2m5w-j939)
- <https://github.com/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/security/advisories/GHSA-j8x2-2m5w-j939>
- <https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23511>
- <https://github.com/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/commit/6119858864c317ff26f41f576c169148d1250837>
- <https://github.com/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/commit/6119858864c317ff26f41f576c169148d1250837#diff-76ed074a9305c04054cdebb9e9aad2d818052b07091de1f20cad0bbac34ffb52>

Facts on this page come from the GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY 4.0), OSV and the other sources listed, as published. We don’t reproduce full advisory descriptions, which can contain exploit code.

## Check whether this affects you

A Match means an installed version is in the affected range above. Most don’t affect the app; agentprime hasn’t analysed this one yet.

- With the agentprime MCP server (<https://api.agentprime.io/mcp>), ask your agent to check the project: `check_lockfile` sends a lockfile, `check_packages` a list of installed packages, and both return the Matches and the upgrades that clear them. `get_advisory` returns this record. Setup: <https://agentprime.io/mcp.md>
- In a browser: <https://agentprime.io/check/> reads your lockfile in the browser, never uploading it.
- Whether it touches your code, with file and line: the Claude Code plugin, <https://agentprime.io/plugin.md>
- As JSON: <https://api.agentprime.io/v1/advisories/GHSA-j8x2-2m5w-j939>, or `POST https://api.agentprime.io/v1/match` with your packages (<https://agentprime.io/api.md>)

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