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AWS emr medium security documentation change

Service: emr · 2025-06-13 · Security-related medium

File: emr/latest/ReleaseGuide/emr-790-release.md

Summary

Added release notes for fixes related to step latency and cluster launch failures with EBS-encrypted volumes

Security assessment

The fix for cluster launch failures involving KMS calls ensures proper handling of EBS encryption, addressing a potential misconfiguration that could compromise encryption setup. This directly impacts security by preventing unintended unencrypted data storage.

Diff

diff --git a/emr/latest/ReleaseGuide/emr-790-release.md b/emr/latest/ReleaseGuide/emr-790-release.md
index 82c7f4dbc..62935893a 100644
--- a//emr/latest/ReleaseGuide/emr-790-release.md
+++ b//emr/latest/ReleaseGuide/emr-790-release.md
@@ -111,0 +112,4 @@ The following release notes include information for Amazon EMR release 7.9.0.
+  * _Step latency_ – This release resolves an issue where step latency increased when using in-transit encryption without explicitly selecting the Hadoop application for installation. 
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+  * _Cluster launch with EBS-encrypted volumes_ – This release fixes an issue where a KMS call on EBS-encrypted volumes could cause an EMR cluster launch to fail. 
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