AWS code-library documentation change

Service: code-library · 2025-06-28 · Documentation medium

File: code-library/latest/ug/ssm_example_ssm_UpdateDocument_section.md

Summary

Added PowerShell V5 example for Update-SSMDocument with document versioning and hash verification

Security assessment

The example highlights document integrity verification through Hash and HashType fields, which are security-related features for validating document authenticity. However, this documents existing functionality rather than addressing a specific vulnerability.

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diff --git a/code-library/latest/ug/ssm_example_ssm_UpdateDocument_section.md b/code-library/latest/ug/ssm_example_ssm_UpdateDocument_section.md
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@@ -109,0 +110,33 @@ PowerShell
+**Tools for PowerShell V5**
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+**Example 1: This creates a new version of a document with the updated contents of the json file you specify. The document must be in JSON format. You can obtain the document version with the "Get-SSMDocumentVersionList" cmdlet.**
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+    Update-SSMDocument -Name RunShellScript -DocumentVersion "1" -Content (Get-Content -Raw "c:\temp\RunShellScript.json")
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+**Output:**
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+    CreatedDate     : 3/1/2017 2:59:17 AM
+    DefaultVersion  : 1
+    Description     : Run an updated script
+    DocumentType    : Command
+    DocumentVersion : 2
+    Hash            : 1d5ce820e999ff051eb4841ed887593daf77120fd76cae0d18a53cc42e4e22c1
+    HashType        : Sha256
+    LatestVersion   : 2
+    Name            : RunShellScript
+    Owner           : 809632081692
+    Parameters      : {commands}
+    PlatformTypes   : {Linux}
+    SchemaVersion   : 2.0
+    Sha1            :
+    Status          : Updating
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+  * For API details, see [UpdateDocument](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/powershell/v5/reference) in _AWS Tools for PowerShell Cmdlet Reference (V5)_. 
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