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AWS eks medium security documentation change

Service: eks · 2025-10-10 · Security-related medium

File: eks/latest/userguide/fargate-logging.md

Summary

Removed GitHub links to IAM policy examples for CloudWatch, OpenSearch, and Firehose integrations.

Security assessment

Removing external GitHub links reduces potential security risks from relying on community-maintained samples. This change mitigates the risk of users inadvertently following outdated or malicious policy examples from third-party repositories.

Diff

diff --git a/eks/latest/userguide/fargate-logging.md b/eks/latest/userguide/fargate-logging.md
index 4df468f1c..58af95f42 100644
--- a//eks/latest/userguide/fargate-logging.md
+++ b//eks/latest/userguide/fargate-logging.md
@@ -232,2 +231,0 @@ CloudWatch
-Download the CloudWatch IAM policy to your computer. You can also [view the policy](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aws-samples/amazon-eks-fluent-logging-examples/mainline/examples/fargate/cloudwatchlogs/permissions.json) on GitHub.
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@@ -239,2 +236,0 @@ Amazon OpenSearch Service
-Download the OpenSearch IAM policy to your computer. You can also [view the policy](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aws-samples/amazon-eks-fluent-logging-examples/mainline/examples/fargate/amazon-elasticsearch/permissions.json) on GitHub.
-        
@@ -248,2 +243,0 @@ Firehose
-Download the Firehose IAM policy to your computer. You can also [view the policy](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aws-samples/amazon-eks-fluent-logging-examples/mainline/examples/fargate/kinesis-firehose/permissions.json) on GitHub.
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