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AWS AmazonECR documentation change

Service: AmazonECR · 2025-05-10 · Documentation low

File: AmazonECR/latest/userguide/Podman.md

Summary

Added section about Amazon ECR credential helper with Podman and MFA limitation note

Security assessment

Documents a security-related authentication helper but explicitly notes its MFA limitation. While security-related documentation is added, there's no evidence of addressing an active security issue.

Diff

diff --git a/AmazonECR/latest/userguide/Podman.md b/AmazonECR/latest/userguide/Podman.md
index 0f08db833..428542127 100644
--- a//AmazonECR/latest/userguide/Podman.md
+++ b//AmazonECR/latest/userguide/Podman.md
@@ -5 +5 @@
-Using Podman to authenticate with Amazon ECRPulling images from Amazon ECR with PodmanRunning containers for Amazon ECR with PodmanPushing images to Amazon ECR with Podman
+Using Podman to authenticate with Amazon ECRUsing the Amazon ECR credential helper with PodmanPulling images from Amazon ECR with PodmanRunning containers for Amazon ECR with PodmanPushing images to Amazon ECR with Podman
@@ -17,0 +18,8 @@ Before interacting with Amazon ECR using Podman, authentication is required. Thi
+## Using the Amazon ECR credential helper with Podman
+
+Amazon ECR provides a Docker credential helper that works with Podman. The credential helper makes it easier to store and use Docker credentials when pushing and pulling images to Amazon ECR. For installation and configuration steps, see [Amazon ECR Docker Credential Helper](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-ecr-credential-helper).
+
+###### Note
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+The Amazon ECR Docker credential helper does not support multi-factor authentication (MFA) currently.
+