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AWS kms documentation change

Service: kms · 2025-11-10 · Documentation medium

File: kms/latest/developerguide/kms-cryptography.md

Summary

Expanded supported ECC curves to include Ed25519 in cryptographic operations documentation

Security assessment

The addition of Ed25519 support improves cryptographic options but does not indicate a security fix. It updates documentation to reflect expanded security features.

Diff

diff --git a/kms/latest/developerguide/kms-cryptography.md b/kms/latest/developerguide/kms-cryptography.md
index 35c450c0e..2c82ec1bb 100644
--- a//kms/latest/developerguide/kms-cryptography.md
+++ b//kms/latest/developerguide/kms-cryptography.md
@@ -35 +35 @@ AWS KMS supports the following asymmetric ciphers.
-  * **Elliptic Curve (ECC)** – Used for signing and verification or deriving shared secrets, but not both. Supports ECC curves: NIST P256, P384, P521, SECP 256k1. 
+  * **Elliptic Curve (ECC)** – Used for signing and verification or deriving shared secrets, but not both. Supports ECC curves: NIST P256, P384, P521, SECP 256k1, Ed25519.