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AWS AWSEC2 documentation change

Service: AWSEC2 · 2025-10-10 · Documentation low

File: AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/iam-policies-for-amazon-ec2.md

Summary

Fixed syntax errors in IAM policy JSON examples (ARN formatting and quotation marks)

Security assessment

Corrects documentation examples but does not address any specific security vulnerability. While proper IAM policies are security-critical, these changes fix formatting rather than addressing security flaws.

Diff

diff --git a/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/iam-policies-for-amazon-ec2.md b/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/iam-policies-for-amazon-ec2.md
index d383432e4..e3668886f 100644
--- a//AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/iam-policies-for-amazon-ec2.md
+++ b//AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/iam-policies-for-amazon-ec2.md
@@ -194 +194 @@ JSON
-         "Resource": "arn:aws:ec2:_us-east-1_ :_111122223333_ :security-group/*",
+         "Resource": "arn:aws:ec2:us-east-1:111122223333:security-group/*",
@@ -197 +197 @@ JSON
-              "ec2:Vpc": "arn:aws:ec2:_us-east-1_ :_111122223333_ :vpc/vpc-11223344556677889"
+              "ec2:Vpc": "arn:aws:ec2:us-east-1:111122223333:vpc/vpc-11223344556677889"
@@ -305 +305 @@ JSON
-              "**ec2:ImageID": "*"**
+              "ec2:ImageID": "*"
@@ -361 +361 @@ JSON
-          **"Resource": "arn:aws:ec2:us-east-1::image/ami-01234567890abcdef"**
+          "Resource": "arn:aws:ec2:us-east-1::image/ami-01234567890abcdef"