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AWS imagebuilder medium security documentation change

Service: imagebuilder · 2025-05-10 · Security-related medium

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

Summary

Removed SSM parameter permissions from service role policy documentation

Security assessment

Removes references to ssm:GetParameter and ssm:PutParameter permissions, indicating a potential tightening of IAM policies. This could address over-permissive access to SSM parameters, which is a security-related change.

Diff

diff --git a/imagebuilder/latest/userguide/security-iam-awsmanpol.md b/imagebuilder/latest/userguide/security-iam-awsmanpol.md
index 058c06f5a..7ff16d64c 100644
--- a//imagebuilder/latest/userguide/security-iam-awsmanpol.md
+++ b//imagebuilder/latest/userguide/security-iam-awsmanpol.md
@@ -99,2 +98,0 @@ Image Builder is also able to create or delete State Manager associations for an
-Image Builder is able to read public Parameter Store Parameters, and read and update private Parameters prefixed with `ImageBuilder-` so that it can update the Parameter value with the output AMI IDs that Image Builder creates from a new build.
-
@@ -216,6 +213,0 @@ Change | Description | Date
-AWSServiceRoleForImageBuilder – Update to an existing policy |  Image Builder made the following changes to the service role to support the use of AWS Systems Manager (SSM) Parameter Store Parameters in recipes and during image distribution.
-
-  * Added ssm:GetParameter to allow Image Builder to read public SSM Parameters and private SSM Parameters prefixed with `ImageBuilder-` so that they can be used in recipes.
-  * Added ssm:PutParameter to allow Image Builder to update private SSM Parameters prefixed with `ImageBuilder-` with the output AMI IDs that Image Builder creates from a new build.
-
-| April 30, 2025