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AWS rolesanywhere documentation change

Service: rolesanywhere · 2025-11-22 · Documentation low

File: rolesanywhere/latest/userguide/credential-helper.md

Summary

Added notes clarifying ML-DSA private key limitations in credential helper and updated SDK documentation URLs

Security assessment

The changes document cryptographic algorithm support (ML-DSA limitations) which relates to security features, but there's no evidence of addressing a specific vulnerability. The notes clarify supported key types for secure authentication processes.

Diff

diff --git a/rolesanywhere/latest/userguide/credential-helper.md b/rolesanywhere/latest/userguide/credential-helper.md
index 033419c50..59a2ceb74 100644
--- a//rolesanywhere/latest/userguide/credential-helper.md
+++ b//rolesanywhere/latest/userguide/credential-helper.md
@@ -330,0 +331,4 @@ Not required when using `--cert-selector` as the private key is inferred from th
+###### Note
+
+ML-DSA private keys are not supported in the credential helper.
+
@@ -399,0 +404,4 @@ An identifier for the role session. Please see [The relationship between CreateS
+###### Note
+
+ML-DSA private keys and certificates are not supported by the credential helper. However, certificates using RSA or ECDSA keys that are signed by a CA using ML-DSA (ML-DSA-44, ML-DSA-65, ML-DSA-87) is currently supported.
+
@@ -443 +451 @@ The following example shows a the `config` file that sets the helper tool as the
-For using this profile with any AWS SDK not mentioned below, see 'Set a named profile' from [Using shared config and credentials files to globally configure AWS SDKs and tools](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdkref/latest/guide/file-format.html)
+For using this profile with any AWS SDK not mentioned below, see 'Set a named profile' from [Using shared config and credentials files to globally configure AWS SDKs and tools](https://docs.aws.amazon.com//sdkref/latest/guide/file-format.html)
@@ -451 +459 @@ To specify your Roles Anywhere enabled profile for use with Python, see [Boto3:
-To specify your Roles Anywhere enabled profile for use with Java, see [Java 2.x: Use profiles](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-java/latest/developer-guide/credentials-profiles.html)
+To specify your Roles Anywhere enabled profile for use with Java, see [Java 2.x: Use profiles](https://docs.aws.amazon.com//sdk-for-java/latest/developer-guide/credentials-profiles.html)
@@ -455 +463 @@ To specify your Roles Anywhere enabled profile for use with Java, see [Java 2.x:
-To specify your Roles Anywhere enabled profile for use with C#, see [Examples for classes SharedCredentialsFile and AWSCredentialsFactory](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-net/v3/developer-guide/creds-locate.html#creds-locate-cred-shared-file)
+To specify your Roles Anywhere enabled profile for use with C#, see [Examples for classes SharedCredentialsFile and AWSCredentialsFactory](https://docs.aws.amazon.com//sdk-for-net/v3/developer-guide/creds-locate.html#creds-locate-cred-shared-file)
@@ -459 +467 @@ To specify your Roles Anywhere enabled profile for use with C#, see [Examples fo
-To specify your IAM Roles Anywhere enabled profile for use with Go, see the Specifying Profiles section in [Specifying Credentials](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-go/v2/developer-guide/configure-gosdk.html#specifying-credentials)
+To specify your IAM Roles Anywhere enabled profile for use with Go, see the Specifying Profiles section in [Specifying Credentials](https://docs.aws.amazon.com//sdk-for-go/v2/developer-guide/configure-gosdk.html#specifying-credentials)
@@ -666 +674 @@ If you updated the default profile, you don't need to specify the profile:
-To specify your Roles Anywhere enabled profile for use with JavaScript, see [Loading Credentials in Node.js from the Shared Credentials File](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-javascript/v2/developer-guide/loading-node-credentials-shared.html)
+To specify your Roles Anywhere enabled profile for use with JavaScript, see [Loading Credentials in Node.js from the Shared Credentials File](https://docs.aws.amazon.com//sdk-for-javascript/v2/developer-guide/loading-node-credentials-shared.html)