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AWS kinesisvideostreams documentation change

Service: kinesisvideostreams · 2025-06-07 · Documentation low

File: kinesisvideostreams/latest/dg/examples-gstreamer-plugin-parameters.md

Summary

Changed parameter name from 'credential-file' to 'credential-path' in documentation

Security assessment

Corrects a parameter name to prevent credential handling misconfigurations, but no evidence of active exploitation

Diff

diff --git a/kinesisvideostreams/latest/dg/examples-gstreamer-plugin-parameters.md b/kinesisvideostreams/latest/dg/examples-gstreamer-plugin-parameters.md
index c32268e41..c3c15f78c 100644
--- a//kinesisvideostreams/latest/dg/examples-gstreamer-plugin-parameters.md
+++ b//kinesisvideostreams/latest/dg/examples-gstreamer-plugin-parameters.md
@@ -74 +74 @@ To specify credentials directly as a `kvssink` parameter, set the following para
-If you've selected one of the previous methods, you can't use the `credential-file` `kvssink` parameter.
+If you've selected one of the previous methods, you can't use the `credential-path` `kvssink` parameter.
@@ -78 +78 @@ If you've selected one of the previous methods, you can't use the `credential-fi
-`credential-file` | Yes | Path to the text file containing credentials in a specific format.  
+`credential-path` | Yes | Path to the text file containing credentials in a specific format.  
@@ -96 +96 @@ To use it in `kvssink`, type:
-    gst-launch-1.0 -v ... ! kvssink stream-name="YourStream" aws-region="YourRegion" credential-file="/home/ubuntu/credentials.txt" 
+    gst-launch-1.0 -v ... ! kvssink stream-name="YourStream" aws-region="YourRegion" credential-path="/home/ubuntu/credentials.txt"