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AWS eks documentation change

Service: eks · 2025-06-22 · Documentation low

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

Summary

Documented policy updates for EKS Auto Mode capacity reservations and new dashboard read-only policy

Security assessment

Adds documentation about IAM policy changes that enable specific security controls (capacity reservations and console read-only access), but does not indicate remediation of a security vulnerability.

Diff

diff --git a/eks/latest/userguide/doc-history.md b/eks/latest/userguide/doc-history.md
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@@ -17,0 +18,2 @@ Change| Description| Date
+[AWS managed policy updates](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/eks/latest/userguide/security-iam-awsmanpol.html)| Added permissions to `AmazonEKSServiceRolePolicy` and `AmazonEKSComputePolicy` to allow Amazon EKS Auto Mode to launch instances by using the EC2 On-Demand Capacity Reservations in your account. Also, added the permissions to `AmazonEKSComputePolicy` for Amazon EKS to create the EC2 Spot service-linked role on your behalf.| June 20, 2025  
+[Managed policy updates](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/eks/latest/userguide/security-iam-awsmanpol.html)| Added `AmazonEKSDashboardConsoleReadOnly` policy.| June 19, 2025