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AWS AmazonCloudWatch documentation change

Service: AmazonCloudWatch · 2025-12-07 · Documentation low

File: AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/managed-policies-cloudwatch.md

Summary

Added EC2 describe permissions to Network Flow Monitor policy for VPC endpoint topology snapshots

Security assessment

Expands monitoring capabilities documentation but doesn't address specific vulnerabilities

Diff

diff --git a/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/managed-policies-cloudwatch.md b/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/managed-policies-cloudwatch.md
index b94f11796..903f36010 100644
--- a//AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/managed-policies-cloudwatch.md
+++ b//AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/managed-policies-cloudwatch.md
@@ -57,0 +58 @@ CloudWatchReadOnlyAccess – Updated policy |  CloudWatch added permissions to *
+CloudWatchNetworkFlowMonitorTopologyServiceRolePolicy – Updated policy |  CloudWatch added the `ec2:DescribeVpcEndpoints` and `ec2:DescribeVpcEndpointServiceConfigurations` permissions to the **CloudWatchNetworkFlowMonitorTopologyServiceRolePolicy** managed policy to grant permissions for Network Flow Monitor to generate topology snapshots of VPC enpoints. | December 08, 2025