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AWS eks medium security documentation change

Service: eks · 2025-05-22 · Security-related medium

File: eks/latest/userguide/doc-history.md

Summary

Added entries for new managed policy `AmazonEKSDashboardServiceRolePolicy` and platform version update with security fixes

Security assessment

The platform version update explicitly mentions 'security fixes and enhancements', indicating resolution of security vulnerabilities. The managed policy addition relates to IAM permissions, which are security-relevant.

Diff

diff --git a/eks/latest/userguide/doc-history.md b/eks/latest/userguide/doc-history.md
index cadb87eb7..8d5882201 100644
--- a//eks/latest/userguide/doc-history.md
+++ b//eks/latest/userguide/doc-history.md
@@ -14,0 +15,2 @@ Change| Description| Date
+[Managed policy updates](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/eks/latest/userguide/security-iam-awsmanpol.html)| Added `AmazonEKSDashboardServiceRolePolicy` policy.| May 21, 2025  
+[Amazon EKS platform version update](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/eks/latest/userguide/platform-versions.html)| This is a new platform version with security fixes and enhancements. There aren’t any new patch versions of Kubernetes in these platform versions.| May 16, 2025