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AWS AWSEC2 medium security documentation change

Service: AWSEC2 · 2025-07-18 · Security-related medium

File: AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/configure-access-to-serial-console.md

Summary

Updated IAM policy examples to use specific instance IDs and removed JSON formatting dividers

Security assessment

Changed resource ARN from 'arn:aws:ec2:region:account-id:instance/' to a specific instance ID (i-0598c7d356eba48d7), demonstrating least privilege access. This improves security documentation by showing granular resource restrictions.

Diff

diff --git a/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/configure-access-to-serial-console.md b/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/configure-access-to-serial-console.md
index 1fc6cb77b..fa77174f0 100644
--- a//AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/configure-access-to-serial-console.md
+++ b//AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/configure-access-to-serial-console.md
@@ -79,6 +78,0 @@ The following policy grants permissions to view the account status, and to allow
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@@ -294,6 +286,0 @@ Note that the `DescribeInstances`, `DescribeInstanceTypes`, and `GetSerialConsol
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@@ -320 +307 @@ JSON
-                "Resource": "arn:aws:ec2:region:account-id:instance/"
+                "Resource": "arn:aws:ec2:region:account-id:instance/i-0598c7d356eba48d7"
@@ -330,6 +315,0 @@ The following IAM policy allows access to the serial console of all instances, d
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@@ -357 +337 @@ JSON
-                "Resource": "arn:aws:ec2:region:account-id:instance/"
+                "Resource": "arn:aws:ec2:region:account-id:instance/i-0598c7d356eba48d7"
@@ -373,6 +351,0 @@ Note that the `DescribeInstances`, `DescribeInstanceTypes`, and `GetSerialConsol
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