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AWS systems-manager-automation-runbooks medium security documentation change

Service: systems-manager-automation-runbooks · 2025-08-28 · Security-related medium

File: systems-manager-automation-runbooks/latest/userguide/automation-awssupport-setupk8sapiproxyforeks.md

Summary

Removed detailed IAM policy example for Kubernetes API proxy setup including tag-based access controls and Lambda/CloudFormation permissions

Security assessment

Elimination of granular permission examples for EKS proxy configuration removes security-focused guidance around role tagging and service-specific access. This could result in improper IAM policies for sensitive Kubernetes API access

Diff

diff --git a/systems-manager-automation-runbooks/latest/userguide/automation-awssupport-setupk8sapiproxyforeks.md b/systems-manager-automation-runbooks/latest/userguide/automation-awssupport-setupk8sapiproxyforeks.md
index a36009ae1..d9afc1165 100644
--- a//systems-manager-automation-runbooks/latest/userguide/automation-awssupport-setupk8sapiproxyforeks.md
+++ b//systems-manager-automation-runbooks/latest/userguide/automation-awssupport-setupk8sapiproxyforeks.md
@@ -195,158 +194,0 @@ Below is an example policy demonstrating permissions required for ` AutomationAs
-JSON
-    
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-****
-    
-    
-    
-    {
-        "Version": "2012-10-17",
-        "Statement": [
-            {
-                "Action": [
-                    "tag:GetResources",
-                    "tag:TagResources",
-                    "ec2:CreateNetworkInterface",
-                    "ec2:DescribeNetworkInterfaces",
-                    "ec2:DescribeRouteTables",
-                    "ec2:DescribeSecurityGroups",
-                    "ec2:DescribeSubnets",
-                    "ec2:DescribeVpcs",
-                    "ec2:DeleteNetworkInterface",
-                    "eks:DescribeCluster",
-                    "iam:GetRole",
-                    "cloudformation:DescribeStacks",
-                    "logs:DescribeLogGroups",
-                    "logs:DescribeLogStreams",
-                    "lambda:GetFunction",
-                    "lambda:ListTags",
-                    "logs:ListTagsForResource"
-                ],
-                "Resource": "*",
-                "Effect": "Allow",
-                "Sid": "AllowActionsWithoutConditions"
-            },
-            {
-                "Condition": {
-                    "StringEquals": {
-                        "aws:RequestTag/AWSSupport-SetupK8sApiProxyForEKS": "true"
-                    }
-                },
-                "Action": "iam:CreateRole",
-                "Resource": [
-                    "arn:aws::iam::111122223333:role/Automation-K8sProxy*"
-                ],
-                "Effect": "Allow",
-                "Sid": "AllowCreateRoleWithRequiredTag"
-            },
-            {
-                "Condition": {
-                    "StringEquals": {
-                        "aws:ResourceTag/AWSSupport-SetupK8sApiProxyForEKS": "true"
-                    }
-                },
-                "Action": [
-                    "iam:DeleteRole",
-                    "iam:TagRole",
-                    "iam:UntagRole"
-                ],
-                "Resource": [
-                    "arn:aws::iam::111122223333:role/Automation-K8sProxy*"
-                ],
-                "Effect": "Allow",
-                "Sid": "IAMActions"
-            },
-            {
-                "Condition": {
-                    "StringEquals": {
-                        "aws:ResourceTag/AWSSupport-SetupK8sApiProxyForEKS": "true"
-                    },
-                    "StringLike": {
-                        "iam:PolicyARN": [
-                            "arn:<partition>:iam::<partition>:policy/service-role/AWSLambdaBasicExecutionRole",
-                            "arn:<partition>:iam::<partition>:policy/service-role/AWSLambdaVPCAccessExecutionRole"
-                        ]
-                    }
-                },
-                "Action": [
-                    "iam:AttachRolePolicy",
-                    "iam:DetachRolePolicy"
-                ],
-                "Resource": [
-                    "arn:aws::iam::111122223333:role/Automation-K8sProxy*"
-                ],
-                "Effect": "Allow",
-                "Sid": "AttachRolePolicy"
-            },
-            {
-                "Condition": {
-                    "StringEquals": {
-                        "aws:ResourceTag/AWSSupport-SetupK8sApiProxyForEKS": "true"
-                    }
-                },
-                "Action": [
-                    "lambda:CreateFunction",
-                    "lambda:DeleteFunction",
-                    "lambda:TagResource",
-                    "lambda:UntagResource",
-                    "lambda:UpdateFunctionCode"
-                ],
-                "Resource": "arn:aws::lambda:us-east-1:111122223333:function:Automation-K8sProxy*",
-                "Effect": "Allow",
-                "Sid": "LambdaActions"
-            },
-            {
-                "Condition": {
-                    "StringEquals": {
-                        "aws:ResourceTag/AWSSupport-SetupK8sApiProxyForEKS": "true"
-                    }
-                },
-                "Action": [
-                    "cloudformation:CreateStack",
-                    "cloudformation:DeleteStack",
-                    "cloudformation:UpdateStack"
-                ],
-                "Resource": "arn:aws::cloudformation:us-east-1:111122223333:stack/AWSSupport-SetupK8sApiProxyForEKS*",
-                "Effect": "Allow",
-                "Sid": "CloudFormationActions"
-            },
-            {
-                "Condition": {
-                    "StringEquals": {
-                        "aws:ResourceTag/AWSSupport-SetupK8sApiProxyForEKS": "true"
-                    }
-                },
-                "Action": [
-                    "logs:CreateLogGroup",
-                    "logs:CreateLogStream",
-                    "logs:PutLogEvents",
-                    "logs:PutRetentionPolicy",
-                    "logs:TagResource",
-                    "logs:UntagResource"
-                ],
-                "Resource": [
-                    "arn:aws::logs:us-east-1:111122223333:log-group:/aws/lambda/Automation-K8sProxy*",
-                    "arn:aws::logs:us-east-1:111122223333:log-group:/aws/lambda/Automation-K8sProxy*:*"
-                ],
-                "Effect": "Allow",
-                "Sid": "LogsActions"
-            },
-            {
-                "Condition": {
-                    "StringLikeIfExists": {
-                        "iam:PassedToService": "lambda.amazonaws.com"
-                    }
-                },
-                "Action": [
-                    "iam:PassRole"
-                ],
-                "Resource": [
-                    "arn:aws::iam::111122223333:role/Automation-K8sProxy-Role*"
-                ],
-                "Effect": "Allow",
-                "Sid": "PassRoleToLambda"
-            }
-        ]
-    }
-    
-