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AWS emr medium security documentation change

Service: emr · 2025-06-25 · Security-related medium

File: emr/latest/ReleaseGuide/emr-spark-redshift-auth.md

Summary

Fixed JDBC URL syntax for IAM authentication with Amazon Redshift

Security assessment

The typo 'iam//' instead of 'iam://' could cause authentication failures, potentially leading to unintended access methods. Correcting the URL ensures IAM authentication works as intended.

Diff

diff --git a/emr/latest/ReleaseGuide/emr-spark-redshift-auth.md b/emr/latest/ReleaseGuide/emr-spark-redshift-auth.md
index 2f0f0abc9..0bb28f483 100644
--- a//emr/latest/ReleaseGuide/emr-spark-redshift-auth.md
+++ b//emr/latest/ReleaseGuide/emr-spark-redshift-auth.md
@@ -90 +90 @@ The following example uses IAM authentication between Spark and Amazon Redshift:
-    url = "jdbc:redshift:iam//redshift-host:redshift-port/db-name"
+    url = "jdbc:redshift:iam://redshift-host:redshift-port/db-name"