AWS pcs documentation change
Summary
Minor grammatical correction from 'more-privileged' to 'more privileged' in confused deputy explanation
Security assessment
Typo correction with no material impact on security content or functionality
Diff
diff --git a/pcs/latest/userguide/cross-service-confused-deputy-prevention.md b/pcs/latest/userguide/cross-service-confused-deputy-prevention.md index 6873da0ae..a93dade06 100644 --- a/pcs/latest/userguide/cross-service-confused-deputy-prevention.md +++ b/pcs/latest/userguide/cross-service-confused-deputy-prevention.md @@ -9 +9 @@ IAM role for Amazon EC2 instances provisioned as part of a compute node group -The confused deputy problem is a security issue where an entity that doesn't have permission to perform an action can coerce a more-privileged entity to perform the action. In AWS, cross-service impersonation can result in the confused deputy problem. Cross-service impersonation can occur when one service (the _calling service_) calls another service (the _called service_). The calling service can be manipulated to use its permissions to act on another customer's resources in a way it should not otherwise have permission to access. To prevent this, AWS provides tools that help you protect your data for all services with service principals that have been given access to resources in your account. +The confused deputy problem is a security issue where an entity that doesn't have permission to perform an action can coerce a more privileged entity to perform the action. In AWS, cross-service impersonation can result in the confused deputy problem. Cross-service impersonation can occur when one service (the _calling service_) calls another service (the _called service_). The calling service can be manipulated to use its permissions to act on another customer's resources in a way it should not otherwise have permission to access. To prevent this, AWS provides tools that help you protect your data for all services with service principals that have been given access to resources in your account.