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AWS eks documentation change

Service: eks · 2025-04-23 · Documentation medium

File: eks/latest/userguide/hybrid-nodes-nodeadm.md

Summary

Added 'node-ip-validation' as a new option to the `--skip` flag, allowing users to skip validation of node IP CIDR checks.

Security assessment

The change documents a new option to skip IP validation, which relates to security controls for node registration. While skipping validation could introduce risks, the update itself does not fix a security issue but adds documentation about a security-related configuration option. The documentation explicitly advises against skipping phases unless necessary.

Diff

diff --git a/eks/latest/userguide/hybrid-nodes-nodeadm.md b/eks/latest/userguide/hybrid-nodes-nodeadm.md
index f0279bfe4..28324d2af 100644
--- a//eks/latest/userguide/hybrid-nodes-nodeadm.md
+++ b//eks/latest/userguide/hybrid-nodes-nodeadm.md
@@ -117 +117 @@ Name | Required | Description
-`-s`, `--skip` |  FALSE |  Phases of `init` to be skipped. It is not recommended to skip any of the phases unless it helps to fix an issue. **Values** `install-validation` skips checking if the preceding install command ran successfully. `cni-validation` skips checking if either Cilium or Calico CNI’s VXLAN ports are opened if firewall is enabled on the node  
+`-s`, `--skip` |  FALSE |  Phases of `init` to be skipped. It is not recommended to skip any of the phases unless it helps to fix an issue. **Values** `install-validation` skips checking if the preceding install command ran successfully. `cni-validation` skips checking if either Cilium or Calico CNI’s VXLAN ports are opened if firewall is enabled on the node `node-ip-validation` skips checking if the node IP falls within a CIDR in the remote node networks