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AWS AmazonCloudWatch medium security documentation change

Service: AmazonCloudWatch · 2025-08-28 · Security-related medium

File: AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch-RUM-get-started-authorization.md

Summary

Removed IAM policy examples for RUM event submission

Security assessment

Deleted IAM policies governed rum:PutRumEvents permissions. Removal suggests these examples might have contained insecure patterns, such as overly broad resource definitions or missing conditions, which could allow unauthorized event submission.

Diff

diff --git a/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch-RUM-get-started-authorization.md b/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch-RUM-get-started-authorization.md
index e19876d32..9e983d7e1 100644
--- a//AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch-RUM-get-started-authorization.md
+++ b//AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch-RUM-get-started-authorization.md
@@ -36,19 +35,0 @@ You also must add the following permissions to the IAM policy that is attached t
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-    {
-        "Version": "2012-10-17",
-        "Statement": [
-            {
-                "Effect": "Allow",
-                "Action": "rum:PutRumEvents",
-                "Resource": "arn:aws:rum:[us-east-1]:[123456789012]:appmonitor/[app monitor name]"
-            }
-        ]
-    }
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@@ -67,18 +47,0 @@ After you configure Amazon Cognito to work with your identity provider, you also
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-        {
-        "Version": "2012-10-17",
-        "Statement": [
-            {
-                "Effect": "Allow",
-                "Action": "rum:PutRumEvents",
-                "Resource": "arn:aws:rum:[US East (Ohio)]:[123456789012]:appmonitor/[app monitor name]"
-            }
-        ]
-    }
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