CVE-2026-81849

amazon-ssm-agent prior to version 3.3.4515.0 contains a path traversal vulnerability in its aws:downloadContent plugin. The root cause is an improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory, allowing an authenticated remote user with restricted ssm:SendCommand permission (limited to th...

CVE-2026-81849 Path traversal in the aws:downloadContent plugin in amazon-ssm-agent

Improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory in the aws:downloadContent plugin in amazon-ssm-agent before 3.3.4515.0 might allow an authenticated remote user whose ssm:SendCommand permission is restricted to the AWS-DownloadContent document, to write arbitrary files outside the...