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AWS eks medium security documentation change

Service: eks · 2025-07-13 · Security-related medium

File: eks/latest/userguide/enable-iam-roles-for-service-accounts.md

Summary

Updated GitHub path and added detailed security guidance about IMDS restrictions and credential isolation

Security assessment

Explicitly warns about risks of unrestricted IMDS access and clarifies credential isolation. Addresses potential privilege escalation vectors if IMDS is misconfigured.

Diff

diff --git a/eks/latest/userguide/enable-iam-roles-for-service-accounts.md b/eks/latest/userguide/enable-iam-roles-for-service-accounts.md
index b18b56bfe..fe8a16a5b 100644
--- a//eks/latest/userguide/enable-iam-roles-for-service-accounts.md
+++ b//eks/latest/userguide/enable-iam-roles-for-service-accounts.md
@@ -1 +1 @@
-[](/pdfs/eks/latest/userguide/eks-ug.pdf#enable-iam-roles-for-service-accounts "Open PDF")[](https://github.com/awsdocs/amazon-eks-user-guide/tree/mainline/latest/ug/enable-iam-roles-for-service-accounts.xml "Edit this page on GitHub")
+[](/pdfs/eks/latest/userguide/eks-ug.pdf#enable-iam-roles-for-service-accounts "Open PDF")[](https://github.com/awsdocs/amazon-eks-user-guide/tree/mainline/latest/ug/manage-access/aws-access/enable-iam-roles-for-service-accounts.adoc "Edit this page on GitHub")