AWS batch medium security documentation change

Service: batch · 2025-08-10 · Security-related medium

File: batch/latest/userguide/iam-example-job-def.md

Summary

Replaced placeholder values with specific account IDs and regions in IAM policy examples

Security assessment

Using real account IDs (e.g., 999999999999) in examples could lead to accidental exposure or misconfiguration if copied without modification, introducing a security risk.

Diff

diff --git a/batch/latest/userguide/iam-example-job-def.md b/batch/latest/userguide/iam-example-job-def.md
index 9e417086e..a9718c964 100644
--- a//batch/latest/userguide/iam-example-job-def.md
+++ b//batch/latest/userguide/iam-example-job-def.md
@@ -35 +35 @@ JSON
-                    "arn:aws:batch:<aws_region>:<aws_account_id>:job-definition/JobDefA_*"
+                    "arn:aws:batch:us-east-2:999999999999:job-definition/JobDefA_*"
@@ -43 +43 @@ JSON
-                            "<aws_account_id>.dkr.ecr.<aws_region>.amazonaws.com/myImage"
+                            "999999999999.dkr.ecr.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/myImage"
@@ -57 +57 @@ JSON
-                    "arn:aws:batch:<aws_region>:<aws_account_id>:job-definition/JobDefA_*"
+                    "arn:aws:batch:us-east-2:999999999999:job-definition/JobDefA_*"
@@ -66 +66 @@ JSON
-                    "arn:aws:iam::<aws_account_id>:role/MyBatchJobRole"
+                    "arn:aws:iam::999999999999:role/MyBatchJobRole"