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Amazon Linux 2 : amazon-cloudwatch-agent, --advisory ALAS2-2026-3174 (ALAS-2026-3174)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 299552

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.

Description

The version of amazon-cloudwatch-agent installed on the remote host is prior to 1.300064.1-1. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2026-3174 advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Run 'yum update amazon-cloudwatch-agent' or or 'yum update --advisory ALAS2-2026-3174' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com//AL2/ALAS2-2026-3174.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 299552

File Name: al2_ALAS-2026-3174.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/19/2026

Updated: 2/27/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:amazon-cloudwatch-agent, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/19/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/22/2026

Reference Information

IAVB: 2026-B-0016-S