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AWS codedeploy medium security documentation change

Service: codedeploy · 2025-03-19 · Security-related medium

File: codedeploy/latest/userguide/managed-policies-updates.md

Summary

Removed three policy update entries that tightened IAM resource ARNs for codestar-notifications permissions from broad 'arn:aws:codedeploy:*' to application-specific 'arn:aws:codedeploy:*:*:application:*'

Security assessment

The changes document security improvements to IAM policies by applying the principle of least privilege, specifically narrowing notification permissions to prevent potential overprivileged access. This addresses a security concern around overly broad resource ARNs.

Diff

diff --git a/codedeploy/latest/userguide/managed-policies-updates.md b/codedeploy/latest/userguide/managed-policies-updates.md
index 000956afd..3bae0ce48 100644
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+++ b/codedeploy/latest/userguide/managed-policies-updates.md
@@ -11,3 +10,0 @@ Change | Description | Date
-``AWSCodeDeployDeployerAccess`` managed policy – Updates to existing policy |  Updated the `codestar-notifications:NotificationsForResource` action to support IAM policy validation changes. The original resource `arn:aws:codedeploy:*` has been updated to `arn:aws:codedeploy:*:*:application:*`. For more information on this policy, see [Permissions for notifications in other managed policies](./managed-policies.html#notifications-deployer). |  December 16, 2024  
-``AWSCodeDeployReadOnlyAccess`` managed policy – Updates to existing policy |  Updated the `codestar-notifications:NotificationsForResource` action to support IAM policy validation changes. The original resource `arn:aws:codedeploy:*` has been updated to `arn:aws:codedeploy:*:*:application:*`. For more information on this policy, see [Permissions for notifications in read-only managed policies](./managed-policies.html#notifications-readonly). |  December 16, 2024  
-`AWSCodeDeployFullAccess` managed policy – Updates to existing policy |  Updated the `codestar-notifications:NotificationsForResource` action to support IAM policy validation changes. The original resource `arn:aws:codedeploy:*` has been updated to `arn:aws:codedeploy:*:*:application:*`. For more information on this policy, see [Permissions for notifications in full access managed policies](./managed-policies.html#notifications-fullaccess). |  December 16, 2024