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AWS eks documentation change

Service: eks · 2026-01-16 · Documentation low

File: eks/latest/userguide/associate-service-account-role.md

Summary

Replaced hardcoded ARNs with <shared> tags in IAM policy examples

Security assessment

Template standardization for documentation. No security implications as IAM policy logic remains unchanged and no vulnerabilities are addressed.

Diff

diff --git a/eks/latest/userguide/associate-service-account-role.md b/eks/latest/userguide/associate-service-account-role.md
index 3b62bc35d..9570b864e 100644
--- a//eks/latest/userguide/associate-service-account-role.md
+++ b//eks/latest/userguide/associate-service-account-role.md
@@ -68 +68 @@ This `eksctl` command creates a Kubernetes service account in the specified name
-        --attach-policy-arn arn:aws:iam::111122223333:policy/my-policy --approve
+        --attach-policy-arn <shared id="region.arn"/>iam::111122223333:policy/my-policy --approve
@@ -129 +129 @@ If you have an existing Kubernetes service account that you want to assume an IA
-        aws iam attach-role-policy --role-name my-role --policy-arn=arn:aws:iam::$account_id:policy/my-policy
+         aws iam attach-role-policy --role-name my-role --policy-arn=<shared id="region.arn"/>iam::$account_id:policy/my-policy
@@ -133 +133 @@ If you have an existing Kubernetes service account that you want to assume an IA
-        kubectl annotate serviceaccount -n $namespace $service_account eks.amazonaws.com/role-arn=arn:aws:iam::$account_id:role/my-role
+         kubectl annotate serviceaccount -n $namespace $service_account eks.amazonaws.com/role-arn=<shared id="region.arn"/>iam::$account_id:role/my-role
@@ -173 +173 @@ An example output is as follows.
-                       arn:aws:iam::111122223333:policy/my-policy
+         <shared id="region.arn"/>iam::111122223333:policy/my-policy
@@ -177 +177 @@ An example output is as follows.
-        export policy_arn=arn:aws:iam::111122223333:policy/my-policy
+         export policy_arn=<shared id="region.arn"/>iam::111122223333:policy/my-policy
@@ -189 +189 @@ An example output is as follows.
-            "Arn": "arn:aws:iam::111122223333:policy/my-policy",
+            "Arn": "<shared id="region.arn"/>iam::111122223333:policy/my-policy",
@@ -223 +223 @@ An example output is as follows.
-    Annotations:         eks.amazonaws.com/role-arn: arn:aws:iam::111122223333:role/my-role
+    Annotations:         eks.amazonaws.com/role-arn: <shared id="region.arn"/>iam::111122223333:role/my-role