AWS Security ChangesHomeSearch

AWS cloudhsm documentation change

Service: cloudhsm · 2025-05-31 · Documentation low

File: cloudhsm/latest/userguide/ki-hsm2m-medium.md

Summary

Added documentation about Client SDK 5.8+ throttling retry limitations

Security assessment

Operational documentation about throttling behavior changes, no direct security implications

Diff

diff --git a/cloudhsm/latest/userguide/ki-hsm2m-medium.md b/cloudhsm/latest/userguide/ki-hsm2m-medium.md
index 094b687fa..b66de9088 100644
--- a//cloudhsm/latest/userguide/ki-hsm2m-medium.md
+++ b//cloudhsm/latest/userguide/ki-hsm2m-medium.md
@@ -5 +5 @@
-Issue: Increased login latency on hsm2m.mediumIssue: A CO using trying to set the trusted attribute of a key will fail with Client SDK 5.12.0 and earlierIssue: ECDSA verify will fail with Client SDK 5.12.0 and earlier for clusters in FIPS modeIssue: Only the PEM-formatted certificates can be registered as mtls trust anchors with CloudHSM CLIIssue: Customer applications will stop processing all requests when using mTLS with a passphrase protected client private key.Issue: User replicate fails when using the CloudHSM CLIIssue: Operations can fail during backup creation
+Issue: Increased login latency on hsm2m.mediumIssue: A CO using trying to set the trusted attribute of a key will fail with Client SDK 5.12.0 and earlierIssue: ECDSA verify will fail with Client SDK 5.12.0 and earlier for clusters in FIPS modeIssue: Only the PEM-formatted certificates can be registered as mtls trust anchors with CloudHSM CLIIssue: Customer applications will stop processing all requests when using mTLS with a passphrase protected client private key.Issue: User replicate fails when using the CloudHSM CLIIssue: Operations can fail during backup creationIssue: Client SDK 5.8 and above do not perform automatic retries for HSM throttled operations in some scenarios on hsm2m.medium
@@ -26,0 +27,2 @@ The following issues impact all AWS CloudHSM hsm2m.medium instances.
+  * Issue: Client SDK 5.8 and above do not perform automatic retries for HSM throttled operations in some scenarios on hsm2m.medium
+
@@ -98,0 +101,9 @@ For more information about best practices, see [Best practices for AWS CloudHSM]
+## Issue: Client SDK 5.8 and above do not perform automatic retries for HSM throttled operations in some scenarios on hsm2m.medium
+
+  * **Impact:** Client SDK 5.8 and above will not retry some HSM throttled operations
+
+  * **Workaround:** Follow best practices to architect your cluster to handle load and implement application level retries. We are currently working on a fix. Updates will be announced in our user guide's [Document history](./document-history.html).
+
+
+
+