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AWS AmazonECS documentation change

Service: AmazonECS · 2025-05-03 · Documentation medium

File: AmazonECS/latest/developerguide/secrets-envvar-ssm-paramstore.md

Summary

Corrected reference from Secrets Manager to Systems Manager Parameter Store in permissions documentation

Security assessment

Fixes documentation about required permissions for secure secret retrieval, ensuring proper IAM configuration guidance. While security-related, there's no evidence of addressing an active security issue.

Diff

diff --git a/AmazonECS/latest/developerguide/secrets-envvar-ssm-paramstore.md b/AmazonECS/latest/developerguide/secrets-envvar-ssm-paramstore.md
index 1fde8cd3e..4e3cbe991 100644
--- a//AmazonECS/latest/developerguide/secrets-envvar-ssm-paramstore.md
+++ b//AmazonECS/latest/developerguide/secrets-envvar-ssm-paramstore.md
@@ -29 +29 @@ To inject the full contents of a secret as an environment variable or to inject
-  * Your task definition must use a task execution role with the additional permissions for Secrets Manager. For more information, see [Amazon ECS task execution IAM role](./task_execution_IAM_role.html).
+  * Your task definition must use a task execution role with the additional permissions for Systems Manager Parameter Store. For more information, see [Amazon ECS task execution IAM role](./task_execution_IAM_role.html).