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AWS guardduty documentation change

Service: guardduty · 2025-03-10 · Documentation low

File: guardduty/latest/ug/installing-gdu-security-agent-ec2-manually.md

Summary

Updated GuardDuty agent version from 1.5.0 to 1.6.0 in all artifact paths and commands

Security assessment

The changes reflect a routine version update of the GuardDuty agent without any explicit mention of security fixes or vulnerabilities addressed. Version updates alone don't constitute evidence of security issues without release notes.

Diff

diff --git a/guardduty/latest/ug/installing-gdu-security-agent-ec2-manually.md
index dc5a200d3..ce3276bd0 100644
--- a/guardduty/latest/ug/installing-gdu-security-agent-ec2-manually.md
+++ b/guardduty/latest/ug/installing-gdu-security-agent-ec2-manually.md
@@ -97 +97 @@ Prepare the commands with appropriate public key, signature of x86_64 RPM, signa
-                        s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-rpm-artifacts/1.5.0/publickey.pem
+                        s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-rpm-artifacts/1.6.0/publickey.pem
@@ -104 +104 @@ Signature of x86_64 RPM
-                        s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-rpm-artifacts/1.5.0/x86_64/amazon-guardduty-agent-1.5.0.x86_64.sig
+                        s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-rpm-artifacts/1.6.0/x86_64/amazon-guardduty-agent-1.6.0.x86_64.sig
@@ -109 +109 @@ Signature of arm64 RPM
-                        s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-rpm-artifacts/1.5.0/arm64/amazon-guardduty-agent-1.5.0.arm64.sig
+                        s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-rpm-artifacts/1.6.0/arm64/amazon-guardduty-agent-1.6.0.arm64.sig
@@ -116 +116 @@ Access link for x86_64 RPM
-                        s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-rpm-artifacts/1.5.0/x86_64/amazon-guardduty-agent-1.5.0.x86_64.rpm
+                        s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-rpm-artifacts/1.6.0/x86_64/amazon-guardduty-agent-1.6.0.x86_64.rpm
@@ -121 +121 @@ Access link for arm64 RPM
-                        s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-rpm-artifacts/1.5.0/arm64/amazon-guardduty-agent-1.5.0.arm64.rpm
+                        s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-rpm-artifacts/1.6.0/arm64/amazon-guardduty-agent-1.6.0.arm64.rpm
@@ -159,3 +159,3 @@ In the following command to download appropriate public key, signature of x86_64
-                aws s3 cp s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-rpm-artifacts/1.5.0/x86_64/amazon-guardduty-agent-1.5.0.x86_64.rpm ./amazon-guardduty-agent-1.5.0.x86_64.rpm
-        aws s3 cp s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-rpm-artifacts/1.5.0/x86_64/amazon-guardduty-agent-1.5.0.x86_64.sig ./amazon-guardduty-agent-1.5.0.x86_64.sig
-        aws s3 cp s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-rpm-artifacts/1.5.0/publickey.pem ./publickey.pem
+                aws s3 cp s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-rpm-artifacts/1.6.0/x86_64/amazon-guardduty-agent-1.6.0.x86_64.rpm ./amazon-guardduty-agent-1.6.0.x86_64.rpm
+        aws s3 cp s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-rpm-artifacts/1.6.0/x86_64/amazon-guardduty-agent-1.6.0.x86_64.sig ./amazon-guardduty-agent-1.6.0.x86_64.sig
+        aws s3 cp s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-rpm-artifacts/1.6.0/publickey.pem ./publickey.pem
@@ -180 +180 @@ Use the following command to verify the signature
-                gpg --verify amazon-guardduty-agent-1.5.0.x86_64.sig amazon-guardduty-agent-1.5.0.x86_64.rpm
+                gpg --verify amazon-guardduty-agent-1.6.0.x86_64.sig amazon-guardduty-agent-1.6.0.x86_64.rpm
@@ -209 +209 @@ Now, try the verification process again.
-        sudo rpm -ivh amazon-guardduty-agent-1.5.0.x86_64.rpm
+        sudo rpm -ivh amazon-guardduty-agent-1.6.0.x86_64.rpm
@@ -231 +231 @@ In the following templates, replace the value of the AWS Region, AWS account ID,
-                        s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-deb-artifacts/1.5.0/publickey.pem
+                        s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-deb-artifacts/1.6.0/publickey.pem
@@ -238 +238 @@ Signature of amd64
-                        s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-deb-artifacts/1.5.0/amd64/amazon-guardduty-agent-1.5.0.amd64.sig
+                        s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-deb-artifacts/1.6.0/amd64/amazon-guardduty-agent-1.6.0.amd64.sig
@@ -243 +243 @@ Signature of arm64
-                        s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-deb-artifacts/1.5.0/arm64/amazon-guardduty-agent-1.5.0.arm64.sig
+                        s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-deb-artifacts/1.6.0/arm64/amazon-guardduty-agent-1.6.0.arm64.sig
@@ -250 +250 @@ Access link for amd64
-                        s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-deb-artifacts/1.5.0/amd64/amazon-guardduty-agent-1.5.0.amd64.deb
+                        s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-deb-artifacts/1.6.0/amd64/amazon-guardduty-agent-1.6.0.amd64.deb
@@ -255 +255 @@ Access link for arm64
-                        s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-deb-artifacts/1.5.0/arm64/amazon-guardduty-agent-1.5.0.arm64.deb
+                        s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-deb-artifacts/1.6.0/arm64/amazon-guardduty-agent-1.6.0.arm64.deb
@@ -293,3 +293,3 @@ In the following commands, replace the account ID with the appropriate AWS accou
-                aws s3 cp s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-deb-artifacts/1.5.0/amd64/amazon-guardduty-agent-1.5.0.amd64.deb ./amazon-guardduty-agent-1.5.0.amd64.deb
-        aws s3 cp s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-deb-artifacts/1.5.0/amd64/amazon-guardduty-agent-1.5.0.amd64.sig ./amazon-guardduty-agent-1.5.0.amd64.sig
-        aws s3 cp s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-deb-artifacts/1.5.0/publickey.pem ./publickey.pem
+                aws s3 cp s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-deb-artifacts/1.6.0/amd64/amazon-guardduty-agent-1.6.0.amd64.deb ./amazon-guardduty-agent-1.6.0.amd64.deb
+        aws s3 cp s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-deb-artifacts/1.6.0/amd64/amazon-guardduty-agent-1.6.0.amd64.sig ./amazon-guardduty-agent-1.6.0.amd64.sig
+        aws s3 cp s3://694911143906-eu-west-1-guardduty-agent-deb-artifacts/1.6.0/publickey.pem ./publickey.pem
@@ -310 +310 @@ gpg shows import successfully
-                gpg --verify amazon-guardduty-agent-1.5.0.amd64.sig amazon-guardduty-agent-1.5.0.amd64.deb
+                gpg --verify amazon-guardduty-agent-1.6.0.amd64.sig amazon-guardduty-agent-1.6.0.amd64.deb
@@ -341 +341 @@ Now, retry the verification process.
-        sudo dpkg -i amazon-guardduty-agent-1.5.0.amd64.deb
+        sudo dpkg -i amazon-guardduty-agent-1.6.0.amd64.deb