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AWS cli medium security documentation change

Service: cli · 2026-01-16 · Security-related medium

File: cli/latest/reference/ecs/describe-capacity-providers.md

Summary

Added fipsEnabled field to output showing FIPS 140-2 compliance status

Security assessment

Exposes FIPS 140-2 compliance status in output, enabling security auditing of cryptographic implementations across capacity providers.

Diff

diff --git a/cli/latest/reference/ecs/describe-capacity-providers.md b/cli/latest/reference/ecs/describe-capacity-providers.md
index 1892b5fa8..8ca9f2230 100644
--- a//cli/latest/reference/ecs/describe-capacity-providers.md
+++ b//cli/latest/reference/ecs/describe-capacity-providers.md
@@ -15 +15 @@
-  * [AWS CLI 2.32.33 Command Reference](../../index.html) »
+  * [AWS CLI 2.33.1 Command Reference](../../index.html) »
@@ -860,0 +861,6 @@ capacityProviders -> (list)
+>>>> 
+>>>> fipsEnabled -> (boolean)
+>>>>
+>>>>> Determines whether to enable FIPS 140-2 validated cryptographic modules on EC2 instances launched by the capacity provider. If `true` , instances use FIPS-compliant cryptographic algorithms and modules for enhanced security compliance. If `false` , instances use standard cryptographic implementations.
+>>>>> 
+>>>>> If not specified, instances are launched with FIPS enabled in AWS GovCloud (US) regions and FIPS disabled in other regions.
@@ -1033 +1039 @@ nextToken -> (string)
-  * [AWS CLI 2.32.33 Command Reference](../../index.html) »
+  * [AWS CLI 2.33.1 Command Reference](../../index.html) »