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AWS eks: Add Windows EKS AMI versions patched for CVE-2026-76654

Service: eks · 2026-09-27 · Security-related high

File: eks/latest/userguide/eks-ami-versions-windows.md · CVE: CVE-2026-76654

Summary

Adds new Windows AMI release rows (Kubernetes 1.31–1.36) across all Windows variant tables, each noting the AMI includes a patch for CVE-2026-76654.

Security assessment

The added rows explicitly state the new AMI builds include a patch for CVE-2026-76654, indicating a specific vulnerability is remediated in these Windows node AMIs; users must upgrade to the listed versions to obtain the fix.

Evidence

+`1.36-2026.09.14` |  `1.36.3` |  `2.2.3` |  `1.2.1` |  Includes patch for CVE-2026-76654  

Diff

diff --git a/eks/latest/userguide/eks-ami-versions-windows.md b/eks/latest/userguide/eks-ami-versions-windows.md
index cd0f3837f..510c44315 100644
--- a//eks/latest/userguide/eks-ami-versions-windows.md
+++ b//eks/latest/userguide/eks-ami-versions-windows.md
@@ -43,0 +44 @@ AMI version | kubelet version | containerd version | csi-proxy version | Release
+`1.36-2026.09.14` |  `1.36.3` |  `2.2.3` |  `1.2.1` |  Includes patch for CVE-2026-76654  
@@ -53,0 +55 @@ AMI version | kubelet version | containerd version | csi-proxy version | Release
+`1.35-2026.09.14` |  `1.35.7` |  `2.1.7` |  `1.2.1` |  Includes patch for CVE-2026-76654  
@@ -72,0 +75 @@ AMI version | kubelet version | containerd version | csi-proxy version | Release
+`1.36-2026.09.14` |  `1.36.3` |  `2.2.3` |  `1.2.1` |  Includes patch for CVE-2026-76654  
@@ -82,0 +86 @@ AMI version | kubelet version | containerd version | csi-proxy version | Release
+`1.35-2026.09.14` |  `1.35.7` |  `2.1.7` |  `1.2.1` |  Includes patch for CVE-2026-76654  
@@ -101,0 +106 @@ AMI version | kubelet version | containerd version | csi-proxy version | Release
+`1.36-2026.09.14` |  `1.36.3` |  `2.2.3` |  `1.2.1` |  Includes patch for CVE-2026-76654  
@@ -111,0 +117 @@ AMI version | kubelet version | containerd version | csi-proxy version | Release
+`1.35-2026.09.14` |  `1.35.7` |  `2.1.7` |  `1.2.1` |  Includes patch for CVE-2026-76654  
@@ -124,0 +131 @@ AMI version | kubelet version | containerd version | csi-proxy version | Release
+`1.34-2026.09.14` |  `1.34.10` |  `2.1.7` |  `1.2.1` |  Includes patch for CVE-2026-76654  
@@ -141,0 +149 @@ AMI version | kubelet version | containerd version | csi-proxy version | Release
+`1.33-2026.09.14` |  `1.33.13` |  `1.7.30` |  `1.2.1` |  Includes patch for CVE-2026-76654  
@@ -162,0 +171 @@ AMI version | kubelet version | containerd version | csi-proxy version | Release
+`1.32-2026.09.14` |  `1.32.13` |  `1.7.30` |  `1.2.1` |  Includes patch for CVE-2026-76654  
@@ -187,0 +197 @@ AMI version | kubelet version | containerd version | csi-proxy version | Release
+`1.31-2026.09.14` |  `1.31.14` |  `1.7.30` |  `1.2.1` |  Includes patch for CVE-2026-76654  
@@ -326,0 +337 @@ AMI version | kubelet version | containerd version | csi-proxy version | Release
+`1.36-2026.09.14` |  `1.36.3` |  `2.2.3` |  `1.2.1` |  Includes patch for CVE-2026-76654  
@@ -336,0 +348 @@ AMI version | kubelet version | containerd version | csi-proxy version | Release
+`1.35-2026.09.14` |  `1.35.7` |  `2.1.7` |  `1.2.1` |  Includes patch for CVE-2026-76654  
@@ -349,0 +362 @@ AMI version | kubelet version | containerd version | csi-proxy version | Release
+`1.34-2026.09.14` |  `1.34.10` |  `2.1.7` |  `1.2.1` |  Includes patch for CVE-2026-76654  
@@ -366,0 +380 @@ AMI version | kubelet version | containerd version | csi-proxy version | Release
+`1.33-2026.09.14` |  `1.33.13` |  `1.7.30` |  `1.2.1` |  Includes patch for CVE-2026-76654  
@@ -387,0 +402 @@ AMI version | kubelet version | containerd version | csi-proxy version | Release
+`1.32-2026.09.14` |  `1.32.13` |  `1.7.30` |  `1.2.1` |  Includes patch for CVE-2026-76654  
@@ -412,0 +428 @@ AMI version | kubelet version | containerd version | csi-proxy version | Release
+`1.31-2026.09.14` |  `1.31.14` |  `1.7.30` |  `1.2.1` |  Includes patch for CVE-2026-76654  
@@ -551,0 +568 @@ AMI version | kubelet version | containerd version | csi-proxy version | Release
+`1.36-2026.09.14` |  `1.36.3` |  `2.2.3` |  `1.2.1` |  Includes patch for CVE-2026-76654  
@@ -561,0 +579 @@ AMI version | kubelet version | containerd version | csi-proxy version | Release
+`1.35-2026.09.14` |  `1.35.7` |  `2.1.7` |  `1.2.1` |  Includes patch for CVE-2026-76654  
@@ -574,0 +593 @@ AMI version | kubelet version | containerd version | csi-proxy version | Release
+`1.34-2026.09.14` |  `1.34.10` |  `2.1.7` |  `1.2.1` |  Includes patch for CVE-2026-76654  
@@ -591,0 +611 @@ AMI version | kubelet version | containerd version | csi-proxy version | Release
+`1.33-2026.09.14` |  `1.33.13` |  `1.7.30` |  `1.2.1` |  Includes patch for CVE-2026-76654  
@@ -612,0 +633 @@ AMI version | kubelet version | containerd version | csi-proxy version | Release
+`1.32-2026.09.14` |  `1.32.13` |  `1.7.30` |  `1.2.1` |  Includes patch for CVE-2026-76654  
@@ -637,0 +659 @@ AMI version | kubelet version | containerd version | csi-proxy version | Release
+`1.31-2026.09.14` |  `1.31.14` |  `1.7.30` |  `1.2.1` |  Includes patch for CVE-2026-76654  
@@ -776,0 +799 @@ AMI version | kubelet version | containerd version | csi-proxy version | Release
+`1.36-2026.09.14` |  `1.36.3` |  `2.2.3` |  `1.2.1` |  Includes patch for CVE-2026-76654  
@@ -786,0 +810 @@ AMI version | kubelet version | containerd version | csi-proxy version | Release
+`1.35-2026.09.14` |  `1.35.7` |  `2.1.7` |  `1.2.1` |  Includes patch for CVE-2026-76654  
@@ -799,0 +824 @@ AMI version | kubelet version | containerd version | csi-proxy version | Release
+`1.34-2026.09.14` |  `1.34.10` |  `2.1.7` |  `1.2.1` |  Includes patch for CVE-2026-76654  
@@ -816,0 +842 @@ AMI version | kubelet version | containerd version | csi-proxy version | Release
+`1.33-2026.09.14` |  `1.33.13` |  `1.7.30` |  `1.2.1` |  Includes patch for CVE-2026-76654  
@@ -837,0 +864 @@ AMI version | kubelet version | containerd version | csi-proxy version | Release
+`1.32-2026.09.14` |  `1.32.13` |  `1.7.30` |  `1.2.1` |  Includes patch for CVE-2026-76654  
@@ -862,0 +890 @@ AMI version | kubelet version | containerd version | csi-proxy version | Release
+`1.31-2026.09.14` |  `1.31.14` |  `1.7.30` |  `1.2.1` |  Includes patch for CVE-2026-76654