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AWS flags CVE-2026-122266, a NetworkPolicy bypass in the Amazon EKS network policy agent

Severity
Medium
Highest CVSS
6.3
Exploited
Not known
Sources
1

Amazon has warned that a flaw in part of its Kubernetes networking software for EKS could let a logged-in user on the same network get past rules meant to control incoming traffic to some containers. Fixed versions are available, so customers using the affected components should update them.

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What to do

  1. Check the aws-network-policy-agent version and update it to 1.3.7 or later.
  2. Check the Amazon VPC CNI Managed Add-on version and update it to 1.22.3 or later.
  3. Review the AWS bulletin 2026-170-AWS for complete remediation information.

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Vulnerabilities

Full story timeline · 2 updates

  1. Wed 4 NovemberCVE-2026-122266 - Improper isolation of shared resources in aws-network-policy-agent in Amazon EKSAWS Security Bulletins
  2. CVE-2026-122266 published, CVSS 6.3NVD

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