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AWS AWSCloudFormation documentation change

Service: AWSCloudFormation · 2025-08-28 · Documentation low

File: AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/git-sync-prereq.md

Summary

Removed JSON example of IAM policy for Git sync setup permissions

Security assessment

The change removes an example IAM policy but doesn't indicate any security vulnerability or weakness. IAM policies are security-related configurations, but their removal from documentation doesn't constitute a security issue.

Diff

diff --git a/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/git-sync-prereq.md b/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/git-sync-prereq.md
index 528832b4f..cb72fedc8 100644
--- a//AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/git-sync-prereq.md
+++ b//AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/git-sync-prereq.md
@@ -269,55 +268,0 @@ The following example IAM policy includes the user permissions needed to set up
-JSON
-    
-
-****
-    
-    
-    
-    {
-        "Version": "2012-10-17",
-        "Statement": [
-            {
-                "Sid": "CodeConnectionsPermissions",
-                "Effect": "Allow",
-                "Action": [
-                    "codeconnections:CreateRepositoryLink",
-                    "codeconnections:CreateSyncConfiguration",
-                    "codeconnections:DeleteRepositoryLink",
-                    "codeconnections:DeleteSyncConfiguration",
-                    "codeconnections:GetRepositoryLink",
-                    "codeconnections:GetSyncConfiguration",
-                    "codeconnections:ListRepositoryLinks",
-                    "codeconnections:ListSyncConfigurations",
-                    "codeconnections:ListTagsForResource",
-                    "codeconnections:TagResource",
-                    "codeconnections:UntagResource",
-                    "codeconnections:UpdateRepositoryLink",
-                    "codeconnections:UpdateSyncBlocker",
-                    "codeconnections:UpdateSyncConfiguration",
-                    "codeconnections:UseConnection",
-                    "codeconnections:CreateForcedTargetSync",
-                    "codeconnections:CreatePullRequestForResource"
-                ],
-                "Resource": "*"
-            },
-            {
-                "Sid": "CloudFormationConsolePermissions",
-                "Effect": "Allow",
-                "Action": [
-                    "cloudformation:CreateChangeSet",
-                    "cloudformation:DeleteChangeSet",
-                    "cloudformation:DescribeChangeSet",
-                    "cloudformation:DescribeStackEvents",
-                    "cloudformation:DescribeStacks",
-                    "cloudformation:ExecuteChangeSet",
-                    "cloudformation:GetTemplate",
-                    "cloudformation:ListChangeSets",
-                    "cloudformation:ListStacks",
-                    "cloudformation:ValidateTemplate"
-                ],
-                "Resource": "*"
-            }
-        ]
-    }
-    
-