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AWS eks medium security documentation change

Service: eks · 2025-04-16 · Security-related medium

File: eks/latest/userguide/security-iam-awsmanpol.md

Summary

Added ec2:RevokeSecurityGroupEgress and ec2:AuthorizeSecurityGroupEgress permissions to AmazonEKSServiceRolePolicy for EFA compatibility

Security assessment

Explicitly adds security-related IAM permissions for managing security group egress rules, which directly impacts network security configurations. This addresses specific security group management requirements for AI/ML workloads.

Diff

diff --git a/eks/latest/userguide/security-iam-awsmanpol.md b/eks/latest/userguide/security-iam-awsmanpol.md
index 939e071eb..628a7b306 100644
--- a//eks/latest/userguide/security-iam-awsmanpol.md
+++ b//eks/latest/userguide/security-iam-awsmanpol.md
@@ -416,0 +417 @@ Change | Description | Date
+Added permission to AmazonEKSServiceRolePolicy. |  Added `ec2:RevokeSecurityGroupEgress` and `ec2:AuthorizeSecurityGroupEgress` permissions to allow EKS AI/ML customers to add Security Group Egress rules to the default EKS Cluster SG that are compatible with EFA, as part of the EKS 1.33 version release. |  April 14, 2025