This is a valid concern, which is one of the reasons we publish these AMIs through the AWS marketplace. Each of these AMIs had to go through the AWS security checker script as well as a manual review by the AWS marketplace team, please see the &quot;Securing an AMI&quot; section here.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;aws.amazon.com&#x2F;marketplace&#x2F;help&#x2F;201231340" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;aws.amazon.com&#x2F;marketplace&#x2F;help&#x2F;201231340</a><p>Going through the AWS audit does take a few days to say the least and can be a hassle at times, but usually we are pretty close to the latest master &#x2F; release.