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AWS redshift documentation change

Service: redshift · 2025-11-25 · Documentation medium

File: redshift/latest/mgmt/redshift-iam-access-control-identity-based.md

Summary

Clarified SAML SSO policy condition syntax and capitalization of 'AWS userid'

Security assessment

Emphasizes correct policy conditions to prevent credential misuse (e.g., ensuring DbUser matches AWS user ID), which is a security best practice but does not fix a specific vulnerability.

Diff

diff --git a/redshift/latest/mgmt/redshift-iam-access-control-identity-based.md b/redshift/latest/mgmt/redshift-iam-access-control-identity-based.md
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--- a//redshift/latest/mgmt/redshift-iam-access-control-identity-based.md
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@@ -1176 +1176 @@ You can also include the following conditions in your policy:
-For SAML SSO integrations, you may be required to specify an IAM Policy using the `${redshift:DbUser}` variable. In those cases, we strongly recommend the use of a condition statement that ensures a caller cannot obtain credentials for a user which does not match their aws userid. E.g. `"StringEquals": {"aws:userid":"AIDIODR4TAW7CSEXAMPLE:${redshift:DbUser}"}"`. See Example 8: IAM policy for using GetClusterCredentials. For more information about conditions, see [Specifying conditions in a policy](./redshift-iam-access-control-overview.html#redshift-policy-resources.specifying-conditions)
+For SAML SSO integrations, you may be required to specify an IAM Policy using the `${redshift:DbUser}` variable. In those cases, we strongly recommend the use of a condition statement that ensures a caller cannot obtain credentials for a user which does not match their AWS userid. E.g. `"StringEquals": {"aws:userid":"AIDIODR4TAW7CSEXAMPLE:${redshift:DbUser}"}"`. See Example 8: IAM policy for using GetClusterCredentials. For more information about conditions, see [Specifying conditions in a policy](./redshift-iam-access-control-overview.html#redshift-policy-resources.specifying-conditions)